No title - Jean Pierre Riesen, Swiss stunt driver. Hamburg, Germany.
M/S pan car driven by Jean Pierre Riesen approaching ramp. Car drives up ramp and turns over, somersaults and lands the right way up. C/U crowd watching. M/S of Riesen who is now standing on the bonnet and acknowledging the...
No title - Jean Pierre Riesen, Swiss stunt driver. Hamburg, Germany.
M/S pan car driven by Jean Pierre Riesen approaching ramp. Car drives up ramp and turns over, somersaults and lands the right way up. C/U crowd watching. M/S of Riesen who is now standing on the bonnet and acknowledging the crowd. M/S Volkswagen approaching another stationary car, it ploughs into it. Various shots as a Citroen does the same. M/S of another car driving towards stationary vehicles which it hits. C/U interior car after smash. M/S smoke coming from front of engine. M/S firemen putting flames out. M/S as Riesen gets into Mercedes and adjusts safety belt. Various shots as he drives off, C/U of him in car. Travelling shot from interior of Mercedes as the car now somersaults. M/S Mercedes turning over and over, it lands on top of another car. M/S of crowd applauding. C/U Riesen climbing through windscreen and onto bonnet. M/S Riesen standing on top of the Mercedes.
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