70 Year Old Blondin (1926)

Title reads: “70 Year - Old Blondin. Blanc Djelmake celebrates 70th birthday by walking across Montmartre on the tight rope“. Paris, France. Low angled L/S of an elderly man walking across a high tight rope strung between the roofs of two houses. He uses a long pole to balance with. L/S of Djelmake on the tight rope, we see the full eight of the houses (several storeys high!) and the crowd of spectators below. There is no safety net. C/U of Djelmake smoking a cigar, he tips his hat towards the camera. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (193