MCS of trees in flooded area, base of trees are immersed in water. TILT DOWN to CS of brown water, TILT UP and ZOOM IN to MCS of researcher (woman) in a small dugout canoe. FOLLOW SHOT as she paddles towards wooden house on stilts. MCS of a Metis man coming out of house to greet her, ties canoe to stairs and they both step into house. MCS of wooden house on stilts in flooded area. Brief CS of Indigenous woman looking towards camera through window of wooden house on stilts. MCS of house, woman in window. CS of child looking out window. CS of ducks in water swimming among trees in flooded area. CS of woman in window opening of house on stilts. CS of child looking out window of house on stilts. CS of canoe tied up to stilt of wooden house in flooded area. MCS of man in canoe bailing out water and paddling away. MCS of front of wooden house, researcher (woman) walks through door and steps down to waterline, unties her canoe, says goodbye to her Indigenous friends in doorway, steps into canoe and paddles away.

In Berlin, Germany gypsy troupers perform in a charity drive Two gypsies on stilts dance together and twirl around. They donate the proceeds of street shows to the aged and needy.

SOME STILT WALKERS AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR CAME ALL THE WAY FROM BELGIUM

NAME: UK STILTS 20061225E TAPE: EF06/1256 IN_TIME: 10:07:07:01 DURATION: 00:01:01:00 SOURCES: SKY News DATELINE: 24 Dec 2006 RESTRICTIONS: No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi SHOTLIST: No Access UK/Ireland/CNNi 1. Various of instructor Kadir Altuntas jumping using Poweriser stilts 2. SOUNDBITE (English) possible customer John Hayden: "They just looked like the best present for Christmas you could possibly imagine." (Question: "They're very dangerous though?") "Are they?" (Laughs)" (Question: "Do you not think, so can you imagine one of your children going on those?") "Er, not doing what he's doing at the moment, no." (Turns to man doing tricks on stilts in background.) 3. Back view of men on stilts 4. Altuntas and two others on stilts, one falls headfirst 5. Various of Altuntas performing stunts on the stilts 6. Two men on stilts STORYLINE: Having a spring in your step may never mean the same again thanks to the Poweriser - a set of high-bouncing stilts which have just have just gone on sale in the United Kingdom. Looking like stubby spring-loaded pogo sticks, the gadgets could become next year's biggest fashion accessory for budding daredevils. The Poweriser is secured to the legs by tiny ratchets and after some practice the user can walk, run and eventually bounce. Instructor Kadir Altuntas from Germany put the Poweriser through its paces and after watching him one man, John Hayden, said he would be interested in buying a pair. "They just looked like the best present for Christmas you could possibly imagine," he said. After a great deal of practice, experts like Altuntas are able to perform stunts, such as back flips and high jumps over cars and walls. But falls are common and safety gear is recommended. Keyword-wacky

ICE DANCE SHOW

Soldiers March on Stilts (line of soldiers march on stilts, soldier w/o stilts leads the group, soldiers on stilts in groups of four, group of generals w/o stilts salute, line of soldiers falls down, they try to get back up)

Submerged mangrove tree roots in Senegal. Mangrove tree roots are specially adapted to withstand tidal forces and can tolerate high levels of salt and low levels of oxygen.

Instructor at Valley Ford Professor Hill - military school uses super long stilts, walks around on stilts, up to second floor - dances on stilts

Ferry at a dock of Fordlândia rubber plantation in Brazil. Wide views from river of Fordlandia industrial buildings, warehouses, and Ford water tower. Interiors of a warehouse with a truck, a car and a storage area. A worker checks stock in storage area. Wide views of various buildings and houses of Fordlandia. A building on stilts with a screened porch around it. A man comes out of the house. View of buildings, workers walking on an open ground, an elevated roadway, river, a roofed frame house and palm branches in the foreground. A row of houses on stilts. A Brazilian worker family in the courtyard of a thatched house. Location: Brazil. Date: 1932.

Tracking shot of (brown) water and houses on stilts in Bayou-like setting

b&w - 1920's - home movies - travel - Port Moresby Papua New Guinea - village of grass huts on stilts in water - Native kids and adults in grass skirts and naked - white men in suits and pith helmets stand around and watch - mission church - houses on stilts - afro hair - native costumes - safari helmets - headdresses, natives - vacation - exploring - trip around the world - ethnographic

Cadets of Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA, marching on stilts

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Wedding on stilts. Amsterdam, Holland. <br/> <br/>CU Bride at Dutch wedding. She is walking along on stilts. CU Bridegroom also walking on stilts. Camera zooms back to show whole party walking behind them. SCU Bride and groom on stilts towards church. SV Bride and Groom on stilts. Top shot camera zooms in to the wedding party surrounded by crowd of people as it approaches church. SV Bride and groom on stilts. Top shot showing crowd of people outside church. Camera zooms in to show bride and groom entering church. CU Back of bridegroom walking away from camera with notice on his back, "Just Married". As they get away from camera, bride is walking beside him. They are pulling tin cans tied to stilts.

Buildings on stilts on top of the water.

man on stilts on girder (man in hat uses stilts to walk on a girder at the top of a building under construction, takes tiny little steps)

Stilt men hop picking at Hermitage Farm, Barming, Kent. <br/> <br/>C/U base of stilts walking along. Various shots of men on stilts at work hop field in Spring. They walk on stilts so they can tie strings between tall poles that will support the hop vines when they grow over the summer months. Women work on the ground securing the other ends of the string. We see 60 year old Philip Black and his wife at work.

Black-winged Stilt in swamp

Gypsy Troupers in Charity drive!