DISTRESSING FOOTAGE. Unused / unissued material -
Paris, France.
Franz Reichelt wearing the parachute that he designed and invented before ascending the Eiffel Tower.
Reichelt standing on platform high up on the tower preparing to jump he hovers on the brink for some time and then eventually jumps falling straight down to his death.
Police and small crowd around the body of Reichelt as it is carried away, they then measure the depth of the hole made by his fall.
The film has French intertitles.
Cataloguer's Note: Old record suggests this event happened 4th February 1912.
This video has no sound
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 60726
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1824.01
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:36:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:03:00 / 01:01:39:00
- Canister:
- UN 1 G (Y)
- Sort Number:
- UN 0001 G (Y)
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JasonC says
Why didn't he practice on a smaller structure? Or have a safety net?
alasdairlocke says
Or send a weighted dummy?
Stuart Gardner says
As terrible and spectacular as his failure was, I expect he did practice on smaller structures and work with weighted dummies.
pathfinder says
Terribly sad.
paul69 says
I wonder if he shouted "Geronimo" as he leapt off ?
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