Ten Tragedies Caught On Film

[Locutus]

Historical footage from Pathe.

Not for everybody of course:

Ten Tragedies Caught on Film - British Pathé

Death Jump – Eiffel Tower
The 1913 Derby
Frank Lockhart - 1928
The Hindenburg Disaster
HMS Barham
The Farnborough Tragedy
Naval Pilot Killed
Donald Campbell killed
The 1955 Le Mans Tragedy
Bird Man's Death Jump

 

[eh1eh]

I always laugh when I see that first guy jump off the Eiffel tower.

 

[Ron in Regina]

I always laugh when I see that first guy jump off the Eiffel tower.

Wouldn't there be an easier way to surrender than that?

 

[Locutus]

It says our French buddy chickened-out on his first ascent and went back down...his manager then 'convinced' (goaded, shamed, bribed, whatever) him to go for it and the rest is history.

 

[#juan]

There were lots more. The Bhopal chemical gas leak in India killed several thousand, The
Halifax explosion killed a couple thousand. There have been many more... not all caught on
film but just as real.