• Short Summary

    Safety belts tests in Germany - spectacular crashes.

  • Description

    Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).

    CU. Test driver Jean Pierre Riesen tightens safety belt in car. CU. Riesen in the driving seat. CU. As car pulls away. LV. As it comes towards camera, hits ramp and rolls over. LV. Pan, slow motion shot as the car rolls over and comes to a rest upside down. LV. Police and firemen watch. LV. Riesen climbs out from the smashed car. SV. Inside car at speed, Riesen throws the wheel over to roll the car. GV. Slow motion shot as the car somersaults over and over until it comes to rest on top of another car. CU. The car resting on the other car, & CU. SV. Riesen climbs out through the windscreen.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2011.19
    Media URN:
    55950
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    03/11/1966
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:57:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:51:55:00 / 01:52:52:00
    Canister:
    66/88

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    "Inside car at speed" - the vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz 180.

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