Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
8 results | Page 1 of 1
« First
‹ Prev1Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. The Champion Wire Walker

    Date released
    15 Jul 1948
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    48/57
    NoS ID
    102454
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    19 year old wire walker faces death in daring new act, walking a mile above alpine valley.

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Digitised Documents Digitised Documents Online Online Moving image Moving image

  2. Marathon Wire-Walker

    Date released
    27 Mar 1958
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    58/25
    NoS ID
    108109
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A French acrobat stays on a high wire for 50 hours - to break his own world record.

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Digitised Documents Digitised Documents Online Online Moving image Moving image

  3. Roving Camera Reports: High Wire Walker Makes a Slip

    Date released
    15 Dec 1952
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    1977
    NoS ID
    070404
    Story no
    4 / 11
    Extras
    1 film clip

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image

  4. Roving Camera Reports: 87 Year-Old Wire Walker

    Date released
    16 Aug 1948
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    1525
    NoS ID
    066977
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image

  5. Wirewalker Conquers the Thames

    Date released
    27 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1164A
    NoS ID
    017392
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wire-Walker Conquers the Thames. DESCRIPTION: Charles Elleano, 40-year-old French wire-walker, crossed the Thames on a wire - a distance of over a thousand feet in twenty-five minutes....

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image

  6. The Highly Strung Record Breaker

    Date released
    26 Jul 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1886
    NoS ID
    026082
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Highly Strung Record Breaker. DESCRIPTION: Henry’s - famous tightrope walker, sets a new world record for wire walking of over 1,730 yards. The cable spans a gorge over Gargent Dam...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image

  7. Pensioner on a Tightrope

    Date released
    18 Nov 1974
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2372
    NoS ID
    030551
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 69 Year Old Tight Rope Walker - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Winds up to 30 mph, blow across Clapham Common, as World Famous, Karl Wallenda walks the high wire. 69 years old Wallenda made the...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image

  8. Circus Time

    Date released
    26 Dec 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1647
    NoS ID
    023917
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Circus Time. DESCRIPTION: The Queen attended a charity performance of the circus in London. Top clown Coco was there to offer Her Majesty a bouquet, and was then presented to Prince...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news Online Online Moving image Moving image
About marked records »