The Flying Dutchman (1937)

Full title reads: “The Flying Dutchman!“ Holland (Netherlands). M/S of three young men in white cat suits. They back flip themselves onto a large circus safety net. Various shots of men practising acrobatic tricks on trapezes. The narrator explains the boys built the gigantic trapeze frame and safety net themselves, they soon hope to perform in front of audiences. Various slow motion shots of boys swinging and tumbling through the air. In one shot, one tumbles towards another and misses (lucky the net’s there!). MUSIC Lisolette. Komzak. Bosworth 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
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