- Title: CM-8
- Summary: GIZMO: STUNTS, GIZMOS, GADGETS, CRAZY INVENTIONS, FAILED ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT.
- Description:00:01:01 - MAN MAKES FARTING SOUNDS WITH HANDS, THEN PERFORMS WITH BAND USING HANDS 00:02:28 - MAN WEARING FLYING APPARATUS ATTEMPTS TO FLY UNDER HIS OWN POWER. FALLS. 00:03:09 - MAN & ROCKET SLED. DOESN'T GO VERY FAR 00:03:39 - WOMAN KISSES PILOT 00:04:10 - TWO MEN,ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT WANNABES, BUILD RIDICULOUS PLANE, ORVILLE ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OFF PEDDLING FIERCELY. FAILS. 00:04:44 - *(FEATS OF STRENGTH & ENDURANCE)* 00:04:45 - SCREWY OLD MAN HAMMERS NAIL INTO WOOD WITH BARE HANDS, AND BITES OFF THE HEAD OF THE NAIL 00:05:58 - MEN BOXING, THEN ONE HITS THE OTHER WITH A BIG HAMMER, CHAIR, JUMPING ON STOMACH 00:06:33 - MAN TESTING STOMACH STRENGTH, TAKING A CANNONBALL IN THE STOMACH. CAPTAIN CANNONBALL RICHARDS (*SEE VM-441**) 00:06:48 - MAN HOLDING BRICK ON HIS HEAD, WHILE THE OTHER ONE TRIES TO BREAK THE BRICK. (**SEE VM-441**) 00:06:59 - MAN BALANCING A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK ON HIS STOMACH, WHILE SOMEONE TRIES TO BREAK IT 00:07:08 - MAN JUMPS OFF LADDER ONTO A WOMAN'S STOMACH (**SEE VM-441**) 00:07:12 - MAN RIPPING APART PHONE BOOKS 00:07:44 - MAN IN WRESTLING SUIT, WHO HOLDS A PLANE BACK BY THE STRENGTH OF HIS TEETH 00:08:22 - MAN DOING SAME THINGS WITH AN OCEAN LINER 00:08:33 - MAN WHO BREAKS TENNIS RACKET STRINGS WITH HEAD PULLS THE RACKET DOWN TO HIS WAIST & UP AGAIN 00:09:01 - *(DAREDEVILS. BALANCING & HIGH TRICKS)* 00:09:02 - WOMEN CROSSES TIMES SQUARE, ON ROPE, WITH A PULLEY THAT SHE PUTS IN HER MOUTH, THEN GETS ARRESTED. (**SEE VM-441**) 00:10:10 - BLINDFOLDED MAN CLIMBS SKYSCRAPER 00:10:55 - MAN DOES HANDSTAND. THEN ANOTHER IS JUMPING ROPE AT THE TOP OF SCAFFOLDING, THEN ANOTHER WALKS ON STILTS, THEN ANOTHER SITS ON STACKED CHAIRS MORE OF SAME STUNTS. 00:12:21 - ASTRONAUTS, SHOWN WEIGHTLESS IN SPACE, IN SKYLAB 00:13:47 - *(WACKY, BIZARRE, CRAZY INVENTIONS)* 00:13:48 - COUPLE SLEEPING IN SAME BEDROOM, MAN SNORING SO WOMAN PUTS STEEL COVER IN HIS MOUTH 00:14:15 - MAN WAKES UP WITH ALARM CLOCK & SHOW AN ALARM CLOCK THAT TAKES THE COVERS OFF 00:14:44 - WOMAN KNITTING, HAS A CLOCK THAT TELLS HIM TIME AND WHAT SHE SHOULD DO AT THAT TIME (TALKING CLOCK) 00:15:58 - MAN TALKING TO REPORTER, EXPLAINS HOW HE PUT A RECORD IN A CIGARETTE BOX 00:16:54 - MAN TALKING ABOUT SYNTHESIZED SOUND WHILE A WOMAN DEMONSTRATES (ELECTRIC SOUND) 00:17:36 - *(CRIME PREVENTION INVENTIONS)* 00:17:37 - SHOWS A WRIST GUN, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE USED IN SELF-DEFENSE, A STOVE, ANTI-THEFT DEVICES. MUGGING, HOLD-UP SCENERIOS. WOMEN WALKING ALONE 00:18:03 - TEAR GAS BRIEF CASE, WITH A DEMONSTRATION & THEN ANOTHER CASE WITH MONEY COMING AND DYE TO MARK THE MONEY 00:18:54 - CAB METER. CAB WITH GAS IN BACKSEAT. SO HE COULD BE ROBBED.SPIES 00:19:29 - BANK ROBBERY HALTED BY GUN INSTALLED IN BANK WALL 00:19:36 - *(WACKY INVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN & ANIMALS)* 00:19:37 - KIDS ON A CORNER WHO PULL FIRE ALARM, BUT IS STUCK WITH FALSE ALARM PROTECTOR 00:20:20 - CHILD IN HIGHCHAIR, WOMAN PUTS SENSOR ON BOY SO COULD TELL WHEN DIAPER NEEDS TO BE CHANGED 00:20:55 - CRYING BABY IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT, A GADGET THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE 00:21:20 - BABY PUT IN A BED THAT GOES AROUND 00:21:36 - DOG EXERCISER, DOG RUNS ON A TREADMILL 00:22:05 - DOG ON FARM PUT IN RUNNING WHEEL 00:22:34 - *(BIZARRE FASHION INNOVATIONS)* 00:22:35 - CLEANING CLOTHES; PEOPLE WALK THRU A POOL & CLOTHES COME OUT CLEAN & DRY 00:22:54 - TRAVELLING FASHION VAN. SUPERIMPOSES CLOTHES ONTO BODY 00:23:20 - WOMAN DOES A QUICK CHANGE OF CLOTHES WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING OFF 00:23:38 - *(SPORTS RELATED INVENTIONS-INNOVATIONS)* 00:23:39 - BASKETBALL TEAM, WITH SNEAKERS THAT HAVE PLATFORM 00:23:46 - MACHINE THAT TEACHES PEOPLE TO SWIM OUT OF WATER 00:23:59 - GOLF MACHINE, TO SHOW HOW TO SWING 00:24:37 - SPORTS MACHINES, BOXING 00:24:41 - FOOTBALL HELMET, MAN RUNNING INTO WALL, KICK MAN IN HEAD 00:25:04 - WOMAN IN HELMET, GOES INTO EXPLODING BOX 00:25:27 - BUILDING BLOWN UP, FALLING DOWN, SEVERAL BUILDINGS 00:27:07 - MAN SITTING WITH HELMET ON BLOWS UP CHAIR 00:27:27 - *(GADETS TO MAKE OUR LIFE BETTER)* 00:27:28 - MAN GETTING HAIR CUT, A FLOW OF STATIC ELECTRICITY TO GET HAIR TO STAND UP ON END 00:27:45 - MAN'S HAIR ATTACHED TO PULLEY, AND GOES ALONG TO FALL OFF THE PULLEY. (**SEE VM-441**) 00:28:06 - MEN WITH BEARDS, AND MAN TRYING TO SELL BATHING CAP FOR THEIR BEARDS 00:28:44 - WOMEN GETTING INTO BATHING SUITS, WITH CHANGERS 00:29:03 - MAN WITH HOSE, STICKS END ON EXHAUST, WHICH BLOWS UP PILLOW TO JACK UP OTHER CAR 00:29:28 - WOMAN MOWING LAWN, AND IT GOES BY ITSELF 00:29:41 - BOYS ATTACH A LAWN MOWER TO BIKE 00:30:00 - FARMER ATTACHES WIRE TO TRACTOR WHERE HE DID HAVE TO STEER, ANOTHER FARMER TRIES TO PLOW BEHIND A PLANE 00:30:53 - MAN ON BIKE. POSTMAN WHO DOES ACROBATICS 00:30:56 - MAN SURROUNDED BY PHONES WITH PENCIL HOLDER ON FOREHEAD 00:31:26 - WOMAN WITH LONG FINGERNAILS, HAS FINGER NAIL PROTECTOR 00:31:36 - WOMAN HITS A BUTTON IN KITCHEN, A MACHINE WASHES & WAXES 00:31:50 - WOMAN WITH DIMPLE MACHINE 00:31:54 - TRAIN, CAR, CROSSING GATE AT TRAIN TRACKS 00:32:15 - MAGNETIC FISHING POLE 00:32:23 - DUMMIES IN CAR, TO DISCOURAGE HITCHHIKERS 00:32:34 - ELECTRIC POLICE HAT 00:32:40 - MOTOR ON BACK, WHILE BIKING 00:32:50 - SKIER WITH MOTOR ON BACK 00:33:03 - MOTOR ON HIS CROTCH, GETTING INTO POOL 00:33:22 - MAN WITH UMBRELLA & FISHING ROD, SO FISHERMEN COVERED WITH RAIN 00:33:25 - FERRY BOAT THAT USES NO GAS 00:33:34 - BOAT, THAT HAS NO MOTOR JUST A PROPELLER & FLEW 00:34:03 - RAFT, THAT YOU STEPPED INTO, WADERS FOR FISHER MEN 00:34:20 - BUILD RAILROAD CARS THAT COULD GO ON TOP OF EACH OTHER 00:34:38 - WOMEN AT AUTOMAT, BUT GETTING CLOTHING 00:34:52 - MACHINE THAT DIDN'T HAVE WHEELS 00:35:04 - RAILROAD GUARD WHERE IT CAME UP FROM THE ROAD 00:35:19 - WOMAN WITH NECK BRACE FOR POSTURE 00:35:26 - MAN WITH ARMED SUIT, WHICH WAS BULLETPROOF 00:35:51 - CHRISTENING OF PLANE, WHERE BOTTLE WILL NOT BREAK 00:36:50 - ACROBATIC POSTMAN 00:37:16 - DOORBELL, CONNECTED TO MAILBOX, SO IT WOULD COME TO FRONT DOOR 00:37:33 - *(FOOD-RELATED GIZMO)* 00:37:34 - RESTAURANT WHERE FOOD COMES FROM A BULLET ELIMINATING WAITRESS, FOOD COMES ON TRAIN 00:37:52 - BARTENDER ON A MOVING STOOL 00:38:05 - WAITERS ON ROLLER SKATES 00:38:15 - A SQUIRT COVER FOR GRAPEFRUIT 00:38:23 - ELECTRONIC SPAGHETTI FORK 00:38:33 - MEN GETTING BEER, WITHOUT LEAVING TABLE, COMES FROM UNDER 00:38:51 - WHISKEY DISTILLER, TWO MEN WITH ONE TASTING SHOWS PROCESS 00:40:22 - *(OVERSIZED, HUGE, GIANT OBJECTS)* 00:40:23 - MEN PLAYING VERY LARGE FIDDLE 00:40:26 - LARGE BOOK, 18'2" LONG 00:40:35 - LARGEST HARMONICA WITH TWO WOMEN HOLDING IT 00:40:38 - *(MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)* 00:40:39 - WOMAN SITTING AT TYPEWRITER SINGS AS SHE TYPES 00:42:12 - MAN PLAYING EXTRA LONG HORN 00:42:36 - MAN BLOWING UP A BALLOON IN HIS EAR, WHILE HOLDING NOSE (**use NR-117B**) 00:42:56 - MAN MAKING MUSIC WITH AN AIR PUMP 00:43:42 - MAN IMITATING AN XYLOPHONE, WITH HAND THEN INVENTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 00:44:49 - *(TRANSPORTATION INVENTIONS)* 00:44:50 - MAN JUMPING & CLIMBING TREES, BUILDINGS, ONCE WITH BOY ON HIS BACK, RUNS ON TOP OF TRAIN & JUMPS OFF INTO WATER, JUMPS OUT BOAT WINDOW, WATER, BIG TIRE ROLLS INTO WATER 00:46:30 - PEOPLE IN WHEELS, ONE WITH MOTOR ON BEACH 00:47:35 - MAN ON A STAND UP BICYCLE 00:48:00 - ROLLER SKATE POWERED BY MOTOR, DIFFERENT VERSION OF ROLLER SKATES WITH TWO WHEELS 00:48:56 - MAN WITH CUMBERSOME WALKING MACHINE 00:49:25 - BICYCLE THAT GOES UP TREES, OVER ROOFS, FOLD INTO BOAT, STRUCTURE FOR TENT 00:50:05 - MAN ON COVERED BIKE, BIKE WITH SAILS, FOUR WHEEL BIKE, MINI-BIKES, MOTOR BIKE WITH SIDE CARS 00:51:20 - PULLED BY OSTRICH, MECHANICAL HORSE 00:51:39 - BACKWARD CAR, STUDY ON WIND RESISTANCE WITH GOGGLES WITH WINDSHIELD FOR RACE CAR DRIVES, EASY TO PARALLEL PARK 00:53:04 - FASTEST CAR, GO UP 121 MPH. CARRY 10 PEOPLE. DYMAXION CAR 00:53:24 - MAN SHOWING HOW HITTING BUMPER STOPS ENGINE INVENTION OF BUMPER & HOW IT SAVES CAR SHOWING DIFFERENT INVENTIONS, A HOOK COMING OUT OF POLICE CAR TO GRAB THE CAR THAT THEY ARE CHASING, A SHOVEL TO CATCH PEDESTRIANS, A CHAIR 00:55:09 - *(WATER & FLYING INVENTIONS)* 00:55:10 - A FIRE DRILL SAFETY, GETTING OUT OF WINDOWS, A WATER HOSE FOR FIREMAN 00:55:42 - MAN DRINKING WATER & KEROSENE, START & PUT OUT FIRES 00:56:31 - MAN INVESTED TUBE WITH PADDLES, A COVERED TUBE, A CONTRAPTION KEEPING WHOLE BODY ABOVE WATER 00:57:24 - SELF LAUNCHING LIFE BOAT & AUTOMATIC BOAT 00:58:18 - ON CLIFFS, TESTING PARACHUTES, WITH WIND MACHINE TO PUSH OUT 00:59:32 - AIR TAXI, DROPS PEOPLE OUT PLANE WHILE IN SEAT WITH PARACHUTES, PEOPLE ON TOP OF AIR BALLOON, FLYING ACROSS CITY 01:01:31 - FLYING A PLANE INTO HOUSE, STUNT PLANE. CONTRAPTION OF PLANE THAT BLOWS UP 01:02:40 - PLANE PULLED BY HORSE, ANOTHER PLANE THAT WENT UP AND SINCE EARTH MOVED WOULD LAND ELSEWHERE. PILOTLESS PLANE DELIVERING MAIL 01:04:50 - MAN SHOT OUT OF CANNON, FLIES THRU AIR. ANOTHER MAN TRIES TO FLY WITH WINGS ON ARMS AND ROLLER SKATES. ANOTHER PLANE WITH BIKE AND MAN CONTROLLED WINGS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES & HOME INVENTED PLANES, FLYING MACHINES 01:07:10 - GLIDER GOES OVER CLIFFS, ANOTHER TYPE PLANE, MORE HOME-INVENTED PLANES 01:09:50 - TRYING TO FLY BY ADDING WINGS, WOMAN EXPLAINING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, RUNS DOWN HILL TRYING TO GET AIRBORNE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: CM-8