[HN Gopher] British Pathe Newsreel Archives -- 220k films dating...
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       British Pathe Newsreel Archives -- 220k films dating from 1896 to
       1984
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-07-04 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.britishpathe.com)
        
       | ElCapitanMarkla wrote:
       | I spent hours watching some of these ~10 years ago via their
       | Youtube channel.
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       | WARNING: video shows a man dying - One that stuck with me is
       | Franz Reichelt's "Death Jump" where he tests a parachute he has
       | invented by jumping off the Eiffel Tower -
       | https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/92596/ - permission had been
       | granted for him to test his parachute with dummy drops but he
       | surprised everyone by making the jump himself. The wikipedia page
       | is a good read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt
        
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