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  1. Woman Parachutist

    Date released
    25 Dec 1919
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    627
    NoS ID
    081228
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: 1 CU Miss Villiers taking off. [9 ft] 2. Air to air MS biplane in flight. [10 ft] 3. Air to air MS Miss Villiers falling from aircraft, parachute opens, and camera pans round with falling...

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  2. California. Alligator ‘Farm’ at Los Angeles

    Date released
    10 May 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    953
    NoS ID
    077907
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Alligators swim, climb stairs etc.

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  3. Surely the Limit in Stunts!!

    Date released
    19 Mar 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1173
    NoS ID
    084175
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Prince Ma-Ho walks on his hands around narrow coping of 15 storey building.

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  4. The Flying Finn

    Date released
    18 May 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1190
    NoS ID
    084298
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Before 40,000 people, Nurmi easily defeats champion Indian runners in 3 miles race and makes new world record.

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  5. The Acrobatic "Limit"

    Date released
    29 Aug 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1219
    NoS ID
    084507
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Ed Unger claims title of world’s most daring trapeze artist.

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  6. Our Aviator-Cameraman

    Date released
    3 Dec 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1247
    NoS ID
    084687
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Secures - at as great a risk as airmen - amazing pictures of "Air Acrobatics". Wheels to the sky. Looping the loop. Here’s a way to land and where was the cameraman?

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  7. No Game for Weaklings

    Date released
    5 Apr 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1282; Super Issue No.: 26/27
    NoS ID
    084949
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Girl amazons in Ladies lacrosse championships show as much skill and speed as mere man.

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  8. Air Crash Averted

    Date released
    8 Nov 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1344; Super Issue No.: 26/89
    NoS ID
    085511
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    By woman’s pluck and iron nerve. Woman pilot changes planes and fixes new landing wheel on disabled plane in mid-air.

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  9. Flood Havoc in USA

    Date released
    10 Mar 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1379; Super Issue No.: 27/20
    NoS ID
    085791
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Streets turned into swift flowing rivers in California’s worst storm for years. At Whittier, many were killed and injured as bridge collapsed under pressure of rushing torrent.

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  10. Sir Austen Chamberlain

    Date released
    15 Oct 1928
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1546
    NoS ID
    087169
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    who left us a very sick man - has such benefited from the sea voyage and made a fine recovery.

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