File:Reichelt.ogv

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DescriptionReichelt.ogv	English: WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE Gaumont newsreel footage, unused/unissued, of the fatal fall of Franz Reichelt from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 4th February 1912. Austrian-born Franz Reichelt was a French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer. On February 4, 1912, to test a wearable parachute of his own design, he jumped from the Eiffel Tower, to his death. Franz Reichelt is first shown wearing the parachute apparatus he designed and invented, before he ascends the Eiffel Tower. He tips his cap. French intertitle: Comme s'il eut pressent l'horrible sort qui l'attendait, le malheureux inventor hesita longuement avant de se lancer dans la vide. English translation: As if aware of the horrible fate awaiting him, the unfortunate inventor hesitated a long time before launching himself into the void. Reichelt stands on the rail of the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, where two assistants attend. Reichelt prepares to jump. He hesitates on the brink for some time, with false starts, back and forth, then jumps. Seen from the base of the tower, Reichelt plummets straight down to his death. Police and others crowd around the body of Reichelt as it is carried away. They then measure the depth of the hole in the frozen ground made by his fall (15 cm).
Date	4 February 1912
Source	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujXkfwM_Ew0
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author/collective
Permission (Reusing this file)	English: The film was first shown in 1912 (see http://www.gaumontpathearchives.com/indexPopup.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=188313&rang=2) The author is unattributed in the original footage (see http://www.gaumontpathearchives.com/indexPopup.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=19757&rang=6) Anonymous/collective works have their copyright expire 70 years after first publication in France

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This work was published before January 1, 1913 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 111 years or fewer since publication.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:27, 3 July 2023	1 min 45 s, 1,200 × 900 (2.59 MB)	Cutlass	Reverted to version as of 16:05, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
	23:48, 5 October 2022	1 min 46 s, 1,280 × 960 (21.21 MB)	Lallint	Reverted to version as of 23:24, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
	16:05, 8 May 2022	1 min 45 s, 1,200 × 900 (2.59 MB)	R8cocin8	removed computer screen artifact
	23:24, 18 September 2021	1 min 46 s, 1,280 × 960 (21.21 MB)	R8cocin8	fixed glitch
	19:16, 18 September 2021	1 min 46 s, 1,920 × 1,440 (3.08 MB)	R8cocin8	removed watermark, added titles
	22:19, 4 June 2020	1 min 36 s, 480 × 360 (14.86 MB)	Sizeofint	Convert at higher quality to attempt to prevent pixelation.
	06:06, 29 May 2020	1 min 36 s, 480 × 360 (8.96 MB)	Sizeofint	Replace with full version of video from https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIkbK632Ve4. This work is in the public domain (created 1912).
	02:01, 11 December 2009	21 s, 320 × 240 (601 KB)	Yomangani	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Part of film taken of the fatal fall of Franz Reichelt from the Eiffel Tower on Feb 4 1912}} \|Source=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujXkfwM_Ew0 \|Author=Unknown/ Anonymous/Collective \|Date=February 4 1912 \|Permission= \|oth