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Trust! 1931
Description
We meet a man who trusts an elephant enough to place his head inside the animal's mouth.
M/S of the stunt. The man lifts up his legs so that he is dangling from the elephant's mouth. The elephant walks along. The man is called Ali and has never suffered any ill from this stunt apart from once...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 15377
- Sort Number:
- EP 173
- Time in/Out:
- 01:09:54:00 / 01:10:49:00
- Canister:
- EP 173
- Film ID:
- 912.04
- Issue Date:
- 25/05/1931
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