Day in the Life of a French Stuntman, 1970s - Archive Film 1066400

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1970s. Interviewing French stuntman and stunt driver Remy Julienne.

Stuntman Remy Julienne sits in car, straps himself in, closes car door and begins talking on a radio. A man with long hair standing on a rugby pitch speaks into a large rectangular radio. Stuntman does a few handsignals before driving off in a battered old car, kicking up dust. Close up on car tires in a chase kicking up mud and dirt. Police car chasing a car in white through a forest, as they turn and slalom around corners. Cars drive through openings in brush, around fallen log. Close up on drivers of white car in shadows, bouncing and coming to a stop as Remy leans out the window. Long haired man with radio laughs and gestures as film director instructs them. Director Robert Enrico approaches Remy and discusses an upcoming sunt with him, gesturing with arms. White car speeds round a corner, kicking up dust, followed by a police car. Fast paced chase. Car slams through mud. Cars speed downhill. Enrico looks on with anxious look on his face, as other crew members lean in with awe. White car's wheels bounce as it flies downhill. Cameracrew huddle as they record, the camera quickly panning as the white car and police reach the bottom of the hill and violently skid. The two cars follow each other down a dirt track.
A woman applies a false moustache to a dummy or mannequin dressed like a police officer. Police car drives towards camera before coming to a stop as the director leans in. Woman with long hair and a hippie bandana carries police mannequin in her arms. Remy lifts up the bonnet of the white car and dusts off hands before leaning in to inspect the engine. Man in white bellbottoms kicks the wheels of the car, checking how they spin. Remy taps and turns valves on the car's engine. Man violently turns the screws on the car's wheels. Remy bends down and talks to the camera as he inspects the front bumper of the car. White car and police car drive side by side. White car makes a sharp turn and skid.
Remy at night talking to the camera. Enrico stands by camera, explaining a shot, then looks down camera lens. Clapperboard for the days filming, zoomed out to see crew standing around an underpass. Remy and Enrico explain upcoming stunt, pointing to stuntman dressed as a police officer within the police car. Crew members place a wooden ramp onto the road. Crew place stunt glass pane into front window or windscreen of the police car. Stuntmen dressed as police in car. Yellow cap placed on siren atop the stunt car. Crew inspect damaged car, flipped on its side. Remy applies balm or chemicals to the back of the neck of a stunt driver. Tires with metal panels attached. Stunt driver puts on helmet. Fire extinguisher on side of road with crew. Police car moves into position, zoom on ambulance with surgeon in background. Robert Enrico smokes cigarette. Low angle shot of police car driving over ramp and flipping onto its side, rolling onto grass with puff of dust and smoke. Stuntman crawls out of the windscreen of the damaged car. Police car hits a free and explodes into flames.

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