| BALLOON-ATICS A publicity stunt involves a woman dangling from an airship and doing acrobatics. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7267 |
| Catalog #: | 487201 | |
| Clip Number: | 487201-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 177 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:35 - 01:19:15 | |
| Location: | United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Unusual ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Aerial (Tightrope, High Wire, etc) TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Airship (Dirigible) | |
| Description: | Balloon-atics - Meet a charming lady who swings high, as well as low, when she rises into the sky for a spot of acrobatics. (And it needs some nerve too) probably United States of America. M/Ss of a female acrobat being hoisted high into the air by a huge air balloon or airship; she has her legs hooked through two gymnast rings (she also is attached to one of the airship ropes by a safety rope around her wrist). L/S shows her dangling beneath the balloon; on the side of which are the words 'Steel Pier' - this must be a publicity stunt. Several shots of the woman turning over and over on the rings and hanging from a rope by her teeth. | |
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