| THE TOUGHEST MAN WE KNOW Strongman The Great Challard tears a telephone directory in half and bends steel bars. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6940 |
| Catalog #: | 502486 | |
| Clip Number: | 502486-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 929 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:16 - 01:12:54 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Strength LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | 'THE TOUGHEST MAN WE KNOW!' Various shots of a strongman called The Great Challard in action. He takes off his cape so he is dressed just in shorts and tears a telephone directory in half. His male assistant bends two solid steel bars around Challard's neck. The assistant bangs a box apart with one of the bars to show how strong it is, then Challard hits his thigh with the bar, making it bend in the middle. Lastly, Challard puts a wad of white stuff in his mouth, puts a nail in the middle, then drives it through several blocks of timber with his head. Footage is speeded up to show him putting several blocks on one nail. | |
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