| HELICOPTER GIRL A French woman does trapeze number while hanging from the helicopter - extremely high. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6092 |
| Catalog #: | 299519 | |
| Clip Number: | 299519-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 27 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:25 - 01:01:43 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Aerial (Tightrope, High Wire, etc) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Helicopters | |
| Description: | HELICOPTER GIRL (aka HELICOPTER GIRL TRAPEZE ARTISTE) A French woman does trapeze number while hanging from the helicopter - extremely high. London. M/S of a woman wearing the two piece swimming costume waiting on a platform for helicopter to come close enough to her so she can take some ropes from it. M/S of the helicopter rising as soon as she reaches her ropes. This is Madame Andree Jan, wife of a French businessman, who "is the girl on the really flying trapeze!" L/S of the girl who is becoming smaller as the helicopter rises. "More then hundred feet above the Thames, at Battersea's Festival Gardens, Mrs. Jan goes though hair-raising act that has already thrilled Paris... in fact the act is so risky that on the Continent no-one will insure her...". L/S of Mrs. Jan hanging up side down on the trapeze tied to a helicopter. Camera pans up to show the helicopter. M/S of Mrs. Jan twisting and turning on the trapeze hanging from the helicopter. Extreme L/S demonstrates how high the helicopter goes. It is almost impossible to see the helicopter while Mrs. Jan is just a dot in the air. Camera pans down to show a boat on Thames. Extreme L/S shows the helicopter flying along Thames with Mrs. Jan hardly visible. L/S of helicopter, now Mrs. Jan is seen a bit better. She is still twisting in the air. L/S of the crowd in Battersea's Festival Gardens looking up in the air. L/S of the helicopter descending with Mrs. Jan sitting on the trapeze. L/S of Mrs. Jan taking off at the platform from which she has started. | |
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