Sky Walker 1948

Star Item

Description

Full title reads: "SKY WALKER".

Austrian Alps.

Back view of Siegward Bach walking on wire over Alpine valley. He walks to centre of wire then starts to walk backwards. Back view of Mr Bach walking backwards on rope. Mr Bach walking backwards, reaches end of rope - rope is not tight...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46747
Sort Number:
48/057
Time in/Out:
01:10:48:00 / 01:12:32:00
Canister:
48/57
Film ID:
1434.06
Issue Date:
15/07/1948

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Leeds Of Yesterday

Leeds Of Yesterday

A recreation of 18th and 19th century life at the Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall.

"Buy British!"

Politician J H Thomas sends off a decorated train calling on people to Buy British.

Micky

Micky

Amazing Alsatian dog does tricks in a park including leaping over a 9 foot high gate.

No Caps And Gowns For Women

No Caps And Gowns For Women

The Cambridge senate votes against full degrees for women and male students dress up as females in a parade.

In Iran Today

In Iran Today

British and Indian troops accompany tanks for Russia in Iran; also Queen and Shah of Iran.

Amundsen National Hero

Amundsen National Hero

Captain Amundsen returns to Oslo after his North Polar expedition and gets warm welcome.

Scottish Champion's Big Come-Back

Scottish Champion's Big Come-Back

Scottish boxer Jackie Paterson prepares for a fight with Manuel Ortiz.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler