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1938 QUIRKY: Hindu firewalker hops through flames and gets away with it
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0:42Now PlayingDate: 15th August 1938
Location: NEW YORK, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: New York:
Gen. view cameramen around fire-walker. CU fire walker. CU fire-walkers feet. Top view & semi view putting wood onto fire. CU pan blazing wood. Semi view fire-walker. Long view slow-motion fire-walker thru' fire. Long view examining feet. CU fire-walker's feet..showing small blisters.
Religion and Superstition; United States of America; Indigenous Peoples
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