# Looking for a silent film clip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 5, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-silent-film-clip/950139 "2021-09-05T17:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-silent-film-clip/950139/1 "2021-09-05T17:19:36Z")
Eons ago I was at an airshow, and in a tent they were playing aircraft related films. The memorable one for me was from (probably) a compilation of daredevil stuff. In the clip in question, a guy was hanging from a planes axle, another clung to him, and so on until there was a human chain. One of them broke free and they all fell. I was a little kid and was a little horrified, but looking back, it had to have been from a comedy, I mean, there couldn’t have been to good ending to a human chain hanging from an airplane no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-silent-film-clip/950139/2 "2021-09-05T21:23:53Z")
Not sure if I’ve seen that one but I have a similar childhood memory of seeing old B&W footage of a biplane flying upside down and the pilot dropping out of the cockpit to his (apparent death)…