Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
1906 British film
- 1906 (1906)
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Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving is a 1906 British silent comic trick film, directed by James Williamson, featuring a man diving from Brighton Pier while mounted on a bicycle, in both forward and reverse motion.
This film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "adds additional layers of entertainment, firstly by showing the stunt from multiple angles (or rather several stunts, as the surrounding crowds differ from shot to shot) and then by showing it in reverse motion so that Reddish appears to be performing the impossible feat of riding his bicycle vertically out of the sea". It is believed to be an extended version of Professor Reddish Performing his Celebrated Bicycle Dive from Brighton West Pier (1902), supplemented by more conventional footage of pier divers at a later date.[1]
References
- ^ Brooke, Michael. "Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
External links
- Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving at IMDb
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Films directed by James Williamson
- The Clown Barber (1898)
- Early Fashions on Brighton Pier (1898)
- Attack on a China Mission (1900)
- The Big Swallow (1901)
- Fire! (1901)
- Stop Thief! (1901)
- The Little Match Seller (1902)
- An Interesting Story (1905)
- Our New Errand Boy (1905)
- Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving (1906)
- £100 Reward (1908)
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