| "Steeplechase" & Silent Stunts | ||
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| Catalog #: | 373157 | |
| Clip Number: | 373157-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 130 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Various | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Misc | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98031 A Unique Steeplechase - professionally shot film on unknown vintage, 1920s. Intertitles refer to a race between a horse and a motor car at La Chapelle. The race begins, with both horse and car going over the hurdles, and the horse coming out far better. Nice CU of mud spattered driver. 02:35:50 training polar bears to go up and down a slide, and ride carts in cicus ring. 02:36:19 Austrian canoeist (he's actually got a kayak) shoots wild rapids in the Tyrol. 02:37:10 woman goes up in airplane and transfers from one plane to another. Daring stunt such as was popular in the 1920s. | |
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