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1927 GERMANY: QUIRKY: Buried Alive - Indian is hypnotised and buried in coffin
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0:44Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1927
Location: Germany
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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approx translation - Indian hypnotist Chindra Bey is buried alive
GERMANY: Berlin
Men standing by coffin / audience watching / New York doctor magian Howard Thurston checking hypnotising Indian assistant Chindra Bey (dressed in turban) / being disrobed , man checking him for objects/ men lifting Bey into coffin , coffin being carried in to grave and lifted into ground / men digging earth over grave / thren mrn lifting coffin from grave / Chindra Bey getting out of coffin./ woman and man inspecting Bey during show
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