Reichelt.ogv
Summary
Description Reichelt.ogv |
English:
WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE Gaumont newsreel footage, unused/unissued, of the fatal fall of Franz Reichelt from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 4th February 1912.
Austrian-born Franz Reichelt was a French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer.
Franz Reichelt is first shown wearing the parachute apparatus he designed and invented, before he ascends the Eiffel Tower. He tips his cap. French intertitle: Comme s'il eut pressent l'horrible sort qui l'attendait, le malheureux inventor hesita longuement avant de se lancer dans la vide. English translation: As if aware of the horrible fate awaiting him, the unfortunate inventor hesitated a long time before launching himself into the void.
Reichelt stands on the rail of the first platform of the Eiffel Tower,
Seen from the base of the tower, Reichelt plummets straight down to his death.
Police and others crowd around the body of Reichelt as it is carried away.
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Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujXkfwM_Ew0 |
Author | Unknown author Unknown author /collective |
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
English:
The film was first shown in 1912 (see
http://www.gaumontpathearchives.com/indexPopup.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=188313&rang=2
)
The author is unattributed in the original footage (see http://www.gaumontpathearchives.com/indexPopup.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=19757&rang=6 ) Anonymous/collective works have their copyright expire 70 years after first publication in France |
Licensing
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This work was published before January 1, 1913 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the
public domain
in the United States as well as countries and areas where the
copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works
are
111 years or fewer since publication
.
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