Summary

BARS. CUT STORY ABOUT STUNT DRIVER EVEL KNIEVEL JUMPING OVER THE SNAKE RIVER IN WYOMING. CR:27 KNIEVEL CHRISTENS A ROCKET BEFORE THE JUMP THEN HE SPEAKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCCESS "100% AND I'M READY TO GO". CR:61 VARIOUS AERIALS OF THE RIVER FOLLOWED BY A HELICOPTER LANDING. KNIEVEL STEPS OFF THE HELICOPTER. CR:89 OPENING CREDITS FOR ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS TO CR:103. TV COMMERCIALS TO CR:134. WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS HOST JIM MCKAY OPENS THE SHOW. CR:173 VS OF GUARDS AROUND KNIEVEL'S ROCKET. VS OF THE SNAKE RIVER. JOURNALIST DAVID FROST SPEAKS WITH THE ROCKETS DESIGNER BOB TRUAX. TRUAX SPEAKS ABOUT THE TECHNICAL WORKINGS OF THE ROCKET AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CR:230 TELEVISION COMMERCIALS TO CR:265. EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:400. KNIEVEL IS ESCORTED TO THE ROCKET. CR:414 FROST INTERVIEWS KNIEVEL. KNIEVEL SPEAKS ABOUT THE JUMP "I THINK WE'LL DO IT. I WISH THE WIND WOULD DIE DOWN BUT I AM READY TO GO". HE ALSO REAFFIRMS HIS FAITH IN GOD. CR:477 FATHER JERRY SULLIVAN GIVES A BENEDICTION BEFORE THE JUMP. CR:497 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:513. KNIEVEL BOARDS THE ROCKET. THE BALLAD OF EVEL KNIEVEL IS PLAYED AS HE BOARDS. CR:563 EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE TO CR:593. TRAUX TALKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE ROCKET'S SAFETY FEATURES. CR:531 FILM TRANSFER OF KNIEVEL TALKING ABOUT THE JUMP AND THE WORKING OF THE ROCKET. CR:659 UNRELATED MATERIAL TO CR:675. VS OF KNIEVEL IN THE ROCKET. (VO KNIEVEL RECITING A POEM HE WROTE). CR:709 FILM TRANSFERS OF KNIEVEL IN OTHER UNSUCCESSFUL JUMP ATTEMPTS. CR:723 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:735. VS OF THE ROCKET JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF. CR:759 THE ROCKET TAKES OFF. A PARACHUTE OPENS THE ROCKET FLOATS INTO THE RIVER. VS OF HIS CREW RUNNING TO PULL HIM FROM THE ROCKET. VS OF TWO HELICOPTERS HOVERING OVER THE RIVER. CR:785 VS OF KNIEVEL'S FAMILY CRYING HYSTERICALLY. CR:796 REPLAY OF THE ROCKET LAUNCH. CR:798 KNIEVEL IS SAFELY RESCUED FROM THE WATER. KNIEVEL'S FAMILY WALKS AWAY IN RELIEF. CR:811 CU INTV'S WITH SPECTATORS WHO MARVEL AT THE JUMP. CR:814 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:843. KNIEVEL SPEAKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE UNSUCCESSFUL JUMP. CI: STUNTS: MAN SHOT ACROSS CANYON (ATTEMPTED). EMOTIONS: CRYING. PERSONALITIES: KNIEVEL, EVEL. PERSONALITIES: FROST, DAVID. PERSONALITIES: TRUAX, BOB. PERSONALITIES: SULLIVAN, JERRY. AIR VIEWS: GEOLOGY, RIVERS.

Source ABCNEWS VideoSource
Title: EVEL KNIEVEL
Date: 08/16/1980
Library: ABC
Tape Number: NYTB1535I
Content: BARS. CUT STORY ABOUT STUNT DRIVER EVEL KNIEVEL JUMPING OVER THE SNAKE RIVER IN WYOMING. CR:27 KNIEVEL CHRISTENS A ROCKET BEFORE THE JUMP THEN HE SPEAKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCCESS "100% AND I'M READY TO GO". CR:61 VARIOUS AERIALS OF THE RIVER FOLLOWED BY A HELICOPTER LANDING. KNIEVEL STEPS OFF THE HELICOPTER. CR:89 OPENING CREDITS FOR ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS TO CR:103. TV COMMERCIALS TO CR:134. WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS HOST JIM MCKAY OPENS THE SHOW. CR:173 VS OF GUARDS AROUND KNIEVEL'S ROCKET. VS OF THE SNAKE RIVER. JOURNALIST DAVID FROST SPEAKS WITH THE ROCKETS DESIGNER BOB TRUAX. TRUAX SPEAKS ABOUT THE TECHNICAL WORKINGS OF THE ROCKET AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CR:230 TELEVISION COMMERCIALS TO CR:265. EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:400. KNIEVEL IS ESCORTED TO THE ROCKET. CR:414 FROST INTERVIEWS KNIEVEL. KNIEVEL SPEAKS ABOUT THE JUMP "I THINK WE'LL DO IT. I WISH THE WIND WOULD DIE DOWN BUT I AM READY TO GO". HE ALSO REAFFIRMS HIS FAITH IN GOD. CR:477 FATHER JERRY SULLIVAN GIVES A BENEDICTION BEFORE THE JUMP. CR:497 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:513. KNIEVEL BOARDS THE ROCKET. THE BALLAD OF EVEL KNIEVEL IS PLAYED AS HE BOARDS. CR:563 EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE TO CR:593. TRAUX TALKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE ROCKET'S SAFETY FEATURES. CR:531 FILM TRANSFER OF KNIEVEL TALKING ABOUT THE JUMP AND THE WORKING OF THE ROCKET. CR:659 UNRELATED MATERIAL TO CR:675. VS OF KNIEVEL IN THE ROCKET. (VO KNIEVEL RECITING A POEM HE WROTE). CR:709 FILM TRANSFERS OF KNIEVEL IN OTHER UNSUCCESSFUL JUMP ATTEMPTS. CR:723 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:735. VS OF THE ROCKET JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF. CR:759 THE ROCKET TAKES OFF. A PARACHUTE OPENS THE ROCKET FLOATS INTO THE RIVER. VS OF HIS CREW RUNNING TO PULL HIM FROM THE ROCKET. VS OF TWO HELICOPTERS HOVERING OVER THE RIVER. CR:785 VS OF KNIEVEL'S FAMILY CRYING HYSTERICALLY. CR:796 REPLAY OF THE ROCKET LAUNCH. CR:798 KNIEVEL IS SAFELY RESCUED FROM THE WATER. KNIEVEL'S FAMILY WALKS AWAY IN RELIEF. CR:811 CU INTV'S WITH SPECTATORS WHO MARVEL AT THE JUMP. CR:814 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TO CR:843. KNIEVEL SPEAKS TO THE PRESS ABOUT THE UNSUCCESSFUL JUMP. CI: STUNTS: MAN SHOT ACROSS CANYON (ATTEMPTED). EMOTIONS: CRYING. PERSONALITIES: KNIEVEL, EVEL. PERSONALITIES: FROST, DAVID. PERSONALITIES: TRUAX, BOB. PERSONALITIES: SULLIVAN, JERRY. AIR VIEWS: GEOLOGY, RIVERS.
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