extreme sportstype action and

Year Published: 1930s

Format: 16mm

Description: This excellent "extreme sports" type action and stunt compilation from the 1930s to 40s includes iconic images of Hell Driver Lucky Teter in action. It also includes auto racing car crashes, airplane crashes, bullfighting, rodeo bronc busting, skiing, kayaking, surfing, circus acrobatics on the trapeze, steeplechase, bullfighting, aquaplaning and more. Check out the aerial daredevils at the 7:15 mark, and the aerial stunts beginning shortly afterwards -- including a man being picked up off the ground by a plane in flight, edge hopping exhibition, a plane deliberately crashed into a lake, and as a finale -- flights into houses performed by insane stunt pilots likely including Dick Grace -- who made a career out of this one stunt. The Hell Drivers were automobile thrill-based productions performing at fairs and racetracks by various squads of stunt drivers since the 1930s. Earl "Lucky" Teter was the first to coin the phrase Hell Drivers, when he began touring his show in 1934. Hell Drivers provided massive audiences with an always exciting show filled with precision driving and deliberate crashes. Featured stunts included driving cars on two wheels, crashing through flaming barricades, and jumping an automobile ramp to ramp through mid air. For many years, Hell Drivers were used to demonstrate the dependability of a manufacturer's automotive product. Later thrill shows coining the phrase "Hell Drivers" were launched by such famous drivers and race promoters as Jack Kochman, John Francis "Irish" Horan, Danny Fleenor, Geoff Williams and Joie Chitwood. General Manager of Kochman's troupe was Bob Conto. Conto, a native of Malone, New York in the state's North Country was a former radio-television announcer whose staccato delivery kept pace with the 50-mile per hour events. Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment, and sport. Additionally, some helicopters, such as the MBB Bo 105, are capable of limited aerobatic maneuvers. The term is sometimes referred to as acrobatics, especially when translated. Most aerobatic maneuvers involve rotation of the aircraft about its longitudinal (roll) axis or lateral (pitch) axis. Other maneuvers, such as a spin, displace the aircraft about its vertical (yaw) axis. Maneuvers are often combined to form a complete aerobatic sequence for entertainment or competition. French Armée de l'air pilot François Le Vot stole the gold at the 27th FAI World Aerobatic Championships that took place at the North Texas Regional Airport (Texas, USA) from 9 to 20 October 2013. Aerobatic flying requires a broader set of piloting skills and exposes the aircraft to greater structural stress than for normal flight. In some countries, the pilot must wear a parachute when performing aerobatics. While many pilots fly aerobatics for recreation, some choose to fly in aerobatic competitions, a refereed sport. A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat or an act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually on TV, theatre, or cinema. Stunts are a big part of many action films. Before computer generated imagery special effects, these effects were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to jump from car to car or hang from the edge of a skyscraper: the stunt performer or stunt double.

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spills Thrills and chills as Daredevils turn on the heat to keep pace for the tempo of the time this mad capap Adventurer puts on his show by being dragged right into the picture there's no harm done he says now Fearless Auto drivers put on their thrilling act before a jam-packed grand stand and Stage a flaming show high in the air without wings and he clears the bus but it's not a four-point landing so he'll try it once again here comes another headed for trouble in slow motion we see the crack up in detail yes there's a man in the driver's seat but for how long nobody knows now High powerered racing cars with men who marck bait at the wheel they tear around the oval saucer at break neck speed dauntless Thunderbolts of the racetrack and here comes the spill of spills in France cross country Racers pitch toss tumble and turn in a steeple chase of natural barriers and dangerous water jumps they like the going rough and the water wet Australians build their barriers high and difficult success is entirely up to the horse this Colt looks peaceful but he's just plain obstinate the rodeo with its kining Cowboys on bucking Broncos is one show that never fails to Electrify the crowds they come out of the shoot rare and tearing m and tear up the turf in a real razzled Dazzle promis deers present another problem to the cow hands that Tred to ride them bear back they're tough customers in France they enjoy the Spanish sport of bull fighting but here they're all amateur Tori adors without any defense so the bull treats them accordingly it's easy to get hurt but clever not to we've heard of getting the bull by the tail and not being able to let go but this fellow gets hold of the wrong end through the streets it's a freefor all with every man for himself and the bull on the loose the Big Thrill comes when someone on the sidelines unexpectedly joins the Afra when they irrigated the Colorado desert little do they think that the aquaplane fiends would search out these man-made ditches for their favorite sport even in the desert country there is speed and there are Thrills if you know where to find them now Europe's Champion kayak paddlers shoot the shoots in the Roaring current of Austria's perilous ends River they take dangerous chances through tight gorges and jutting rocks it's another sport for those who brave action and don't mind a good ducking now to Australia again where they have plenty of ocean in which to play and a surf that's rough and treacherous Breakers and comers rise to record Heights as they sweep toward the shoreline both lifeboats and men must be made of sturdy stuff to battle their way through you have to like the taste of seawater a lot to take this kind of punishment and call it fun at the circus there are Thrills but seldom a spill as highflying performers defy the law of gravity with their unbelievable tricks and Antics on the flying trapes the slide for life from the topmost rafters for a thrill that chills you to the very marrow these aerial dancers put on a spine tingling show high above the city streets their stage is a small platform but their nerve is colossal this dance may be safe enough up there but we'd hate to see them do the conga the air circus is designed to make the most sedate spectator wiggle wriggle and squirm as the most Fearless Daredevils of all put on their stunts here's a landing field wherever you want it and a Runway that get you in the air with the greatest of EAS and here are remarkable pictures of the newest Air Force device to save lives of stranded pliers this paratrooper sets the pattern for a series of Daredevil trials he's the first man to be picked off the ground by a plane in full flight hedg hopping aviators provide their share of excitement with exhibitions of perilous low flying they'll hop over anything from a house to an automobile sometimes an Oldtimer gets into the show and into the lake then and as a roaring climax come the house records along with the house they wreck perfectly good airplanes and sometimes perfectly good men this one misjudges the front entrance and crashes in the biggest thrill of them all


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