Universal Newsreels

Clip: 489449_1_1

Year Shot: 1929 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1768

Original Film: 001-067-11

HD: N/A

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Timecode: -

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TITLE: " Has High Position. 'Smiles' O'Timmons, crippled daredevil, thrills delegates at the annual Firemen's Convention" Overhead shot of stunt are showing tall ladder and a pool of water below it. One-armed, one-legged Timmons, climbing ladder. Great shot taken directly over pool of water, as Timmons splashes into it and is helped out. TITLE: He has a long walk to work but gets back quickly. It s a 100 ft. drop into 4 feet of water" Another shot from the bottom of the ladder as he approaches the top (hard to see him). Aerial (probably from nearby rooftop) of Timmons as he leaps off the platform into the pool once again