Stunts Collection (#3)

Scene at a stock car race, with cars, spectators, and a man with a Union Jack flag on his back. Date: 1965

Stuntman attempts to fly car over river
Stuntman Bill Johnston of Destruction Squad was supposed to fly his car over a river in the English Midlands, but failed to achieve sufficient speed due to the wet ground

Eddie Merton, superstitious stuntman, who always slept in a coffin on the night before a dangerous stunt. Seen here with a suitcase, helping to carry the coffin into his hotel. Date: 1971

Destruction Squad, flying car in quarry
Destruction Squad, flying car in a quarry. Joe Weston Webb fitted out an old Ford Popular with wings and a tail plane, then persuaded a stunt driver to shoot it over a water-filled quarry in the hope

Boy stuntman on bed of nails
Britains youngest stuntman, 8-year-old Tom Paynton, is encouraged by his father Eric as he practises on a bed of nails in the garden. Date: circa 1960s

Niagara Bridge Stunt
Laurence Donovan drops 200 feet from Niagara Bridge Date: 1886

Skyscraper Table Tower
A stuntman builds a tower of tables and chairs on the top of a New York skyscraper and perches himself at the top Date: 1926

Subaltern Stunts in Rome by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in Rome and Florence during World War One as witnessed by the silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Caption reads, As leave to " Blighty" is not very plentiful

Subaltern Stunts in Silhouette by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouette scenes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing officers enjoying some leisure time during World War One

A Subalterns Stunts in Italy by H. L. Oakley
A few scenes characteristic of when British troops arrived at their billets in an Italian village, as witnessed by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley

Subaltern stunts by H. L. Oakley
A double page spread of silhouette vignettes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, featuring scenes during a WW1 subaltern officers ten days leave in England

Stunts silhouetted by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer

Pearl Fay White - American film actress and stunt star
Pearl Fay White (18891938) - American film actress, the " Stunt Queen" of silent films, most notably in The Perils of Pauline (1914). Date: circa 1914

Advertising material displayed on a car, with a man sitting alongside. One poster reads: Stop this car for a free drive, and the other reads: See the seaside from the air

Daring Ice Jump
Stuntman HOPE BRAIN peforming a daring ice jump at the Ice Palais, Sydney, Australia. He was impressed with this photograph, taken with a new high speed camera. Date: 1940s

Motorcycle Stunt
A stunt involving a motorcycle driving off rocks above a girl crouching on the beach below! Date: early 1930s

French Aviator - Chanteloup
French Aviator - Pierre Chanteloup (1890-1976). Date: circa 1910s

NFS (London Region) dispatch riders display team, WW2
NFS dispatch riders demonstrate their motorcycle riding skills with a acrobatic display at Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

Housewives Stunt School
Housewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s

Stunt cyclist
Bicyclists (trick), Prof. Fourcher at Manhattan Beach. Trick bicyclist Professor Fourcher practicing in an empty outdoor auditorium at Manhattan Beach, N.Y

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Lunching with lions in Shepherds Bush
An unusual luncheon party which took place at the Imperial International Exhibition in Shepherds Bush (White City). Twenty people in a large cage with four full-grown lions belonging to Bostocks

Two seaside stunts
The new Aero-Bathing Machine: A remarkable invention to assist those who - hesitate upon the brink. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Bob Leach & his Barrel
Bobby Leach and his barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls

American Pole-Percher
A pole-sitter at Atlantic City, USA, sits at an altitude of 68m for 16 days, and plans to beat the 23 day record

Over Niagara in Sphere
Jean Albert Lussier goes over Niagara enclosed in a steel sphere and comes out smiling, despite hitting a rock

Brodie & Brooklyn Bridge
Scenes from Steve Brodies leap off the Brooklyn Bridge

Steve Brodie, Stuntman
A portrait of Steve Brodie, who performed the feat of jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

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