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The Pilot

Item number (ISN):

459463

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920 ?

Item number (ISN):

459463

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

Accession:

1977-0205

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920 ?

Description:

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Two men walking towards two JN-4 Flying Jenny aircraft in front of hangar. JN-4 motor is started, planes taxi to position, inside view of cockpit. Good medium high shots of countryside around Burlington, Ontario as seen from JN-4. Aerials of Burlington Beach. Good shot of JN-4 swooping over camera, performing whip stall, looping-the-loop, spinning earthward in a nose dive. Camera view of the JN-4 looping. View of plane spinning earthward. Shot of GEORGE DOAN, a real daredevil. Shot of JN-4 airborne with man hanging from the undercarriage. JN-4 airborne with man sitting on right wing and walking around. daredevil transferring from one JN-4 to another by means of a 30 foot rope ladder. Complete sequence showing an unsuccessful attempt to parachute from a JN-4. The parachute becomes entangled in plane, daredevil dangles dangerously on end of chute. The plane descends to a lower altitude and the daredevil is dumped without fanfare into Lake Ontario. The daredevil, GEORGE DOAN lived. <8mn 41s>

Language:

Silent with english intertitles

Original number:

NFB 1920-DN-183~NFB 1920-FG-183

Notes:

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1. Subject description taken from index card inside the film can.~2. Card indicates that the film print was donated to the NFB by K. Molson, Canadian Aviation Museum.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

16373

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0340

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Made from:

7301-4420

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

617698

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-4420

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

620130

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7706-0994

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

620131

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7706-0995

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

620132

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-8466

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

~Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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