Summary

THRILL MAKERS, THE

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Title: THRILL MAKERS, THE
File Number: AFP-54AA 16mm; VTM-54AA Beta SP; NET-102 DigiBeta (at 01:04:51:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1955
Description: B W 1955 Entertainment short featuring wacky stunts and daredevil acts, including a great knife-throwing sequence None of the performers are identified 00:45:05:00 B W 1955 vs Three little boys practice trapeze act in their living room they sit on three trapezes suspended over the dining-room table elderly lady knitting, she looks up, bemused circus boys eat pastries while sitting on trapeze 00:45:45:00 B W 1955 vs Excellent sequence about a woman knife-thrower Little girl stands against board, Mom throws knives all around her as a crowd of children (and a nun) watches CU fearless little girl as knives hit the board inches from her face Authentic stunt, not a fake 00:46:30:00 B W 1955 vs Daredevil couple performs death-defying acts high above the street, on a tiny platform Man lifts woman in the air woman daredevil jumps rope in one shot, she stumbles and almost falls she blows a kiss to CAM 00:47:32:00 B W 1955 vs Man climbs ladder and jumps into pool of fire reverse footage, he flies upward onto platform, impossibly little boy and chimpanzee daredevil stuntman dives into flaming pool 00:48:20:00 B W 1955 ws Stuntman performs an early version of bungee jumping, jumps off a tower with elastic band in his teeth, several shots 00:48:40:00 B W 1955 ws Wacky waterskiing: man waterskis suspended from huge kite, like a hang glider it lifts stuntman above lake, then he lands and takes off again and finally jumps in Precursor to parasailing 00:49:20:00 B W 1955 ws Man goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel Well, actually, he only floats down the rapids below It's not all that impressive 00:50:20:00 B W 1955 vs Eiffel Tower daredevil acrobats, two men and a woman, perform on ledge of Eiffel Tower cameraman films them from girders woman swings from trapeze does a bungee jump hangs from her heels 00:51:14:00 B W 1955 ws Daredevil woman of the wing-walker type dangles from helicopter flying over New York City Helicopter takes off, woman holds onto rings, is lifted into the air VS wacky and dangerous stunt she flies past the Statue of Liberty 00:52:20:00 B W 1955 vs Motorcycle stunts: Daredevil rides motorcycle across tightrope suspended across a gorge (in the Alps) then the motorcycle spins around on the wire daredevil waves at CAM another stunt, two motorcycles drive off low ramps in arena, drivers almost crash man rides motorcycle backwards, sitting on handlebars and reading newspaper motorcycle jumps through wall of fire
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