| STRONG MAN Strong Man Performing Stunts | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6703 | |
| Catalog #: | 369847 | |
| Clip Number: | 369847-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 8 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:39 - 01:46:33 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Endurance ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Strength LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc | |
| Description: | STRONG MAN Various feats of strength are demonstrated by a French strong man. Strong Man doing stunts- -breaking things & bed of nails. French titles. MLS man decked out in a Roman soldier's outfit, wearing only a skirt of leather straps (over shorts) and sandles w/ straps up to the knee. He is holding a deck of cards. CU his hands ripping deck of cards in half. MLS he stands there dropping the ripped cards to the floor. MCU he holds a bottle sideways and chops at it with his other hand, like in karate. On the second try the bottle shatters! A pulled back view shows stage curtains at sides. 4 men in business suits watch as the Strongman places a box on a larger crate. CU the thing he's just placed on the crate with masses of big nails sticking out of it. In fact it even says "155 Nails" on side of the box. MCU He leans back against the nails. Back to wider shot showing him in position supported only by his back on the nail box and his feet on a small box, his torso parallel to the floor. Woman assistant enters, places board on him, and 3 of the men climb onto it, the 4th doesn't fit but climbs up w/ 1 foot on the guy's neck. MCU pan past. They all get down. CU man's back w/ masses of nail indentations if not actual holes. Ouch. Pain, strength, endurance. | |
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