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Produced in 1951 by Castle Films, and marketed for the home market in camera stores and magazines, this black & white novelty film shows daring stunts by hell drivers, barnstormers, and aerial artists. Copyright 1951. Titles: Castle Films presents “Living Dangerously“ (:06-:15). Daredevil stuntmen of the Lynch and Lucky Teter Hell Driver teams drive their cars recklessly on a dirt track. Cars drive through fire and jump into the air off a ramp and crash into cars down below. Another hits a ramp and falls over sideways. A man is run over by a car as he holds wood and the car goes over him. A man walks across a tightrope and sets up a chair and table as he balances on the rope, high above. A man kicks his legs up as he walks high above a canyon (:16-1:52). A helicopter goes into the sky as a woman holds onto rings and does tricks and flips in the sky. A man on the roof of a truck gets onto the ladder of a low flying airplane, he goes up and then he is brought back down. A man holds onto a plane as it takes off, aerial stunts in the sky (1:53-3:35). A man gets into a silver ball, and is rolled down a chute, in a circle, and onto a net. He is then let out and is well. A stuntman walks on ledges on Notre Dame Cathedral above Paris, he balances on one hand and then on his head. A motorcycle stuntman drives through fire and barrels. Children cover their eyes as a stuntman crashes through glass sheets (3:36-5:05). A motorcycle stuntman drives in a circle again and again, faster and faster, no hands on his handlebars. A man climbs to the top of a high ramp and races down on a bike, as he reaches a certain point, the ramp ends, he jumps off the bike into a pool, that's only four feet deep, he waves at the crowd. A person gets into a box to become a human firecracker. The box is lit, it explodes, and the person lives. A man holds a rope by his teeth as he hangs from the Eiffel Tower (5:06-6:57). A couple is loaded into a cannon, ready to be fired. The cannon is fired, both go hurtling through the air into safety net. High wire artists walk on tightropes above a net. Its done as a single, a double, and on a bicycle. A man wears a top hat and cane and balances himself on one finger high above a town, he puts rings on his ankles (6:58-8:45). End credits (8:46-8:50). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit
