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| Evel Knievel at Caesar's Palace |
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While in Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch Dick
Tiger fight a middleweight title fight,
Knievel first saw the fountains at Caesar's
Palace and decided to jump them. To get an
audience with the casino's CEO Jay Sarno,
Knievel created a fictitious corporation
called Evel Knievel Enterprises and three
fictitious lawyers to make phone calls to
Sarno. Knievel also placed phone calls to
Sarno claiming to be from ABC-TV and Sports
Illustrated inquiring about the jump. Sarno
finally agreed to meet Knievel and the deal
was set for Knievel to jump the fountains on
December 31, 1967. After the deal was set,
Knievel tried to get ABC to air the event
live on Wide World of Sports. ABC declined,
but said that if Knievel had the jump filmed
and it was as spectacular as he said it would
be, they would consider using it later.
Knievel used his own money to have
actor/director John Derek produce a film of
the Caesar's jump. To keep costs low, Derek
used his then-wife, Linda Evans, as one of
the camera operators. It was Evans who filmed
Knievel's famous landing. On the morning of
the jump, Knievel stopped in the casino and
placed a single $100 dollar bet on the
blackjack table, which he lost, stopped by
the bar and got a shot of Wild Turkey and
then headed outside where he was joined by
several members of the Caesar's staff, as
well as two scantily clad showgirls. After
doing his normal pre-jump show and a few warm
up approaches, Knievel began his real
approach. When he hit the takeoff ramp, he
felt the motorcycle unexpectedly decelerate.
The sudden loss of power on the takeoff
caused Knievel to come up short and land on
the safety ramp which was supported by a van.
This caused the handlebars to be ripped out
of his hands as he tumbled over them onto the
pavement where he skidded into the Dunes
parking lot. As a result of the crash,
Knievel received a crushed pelvis and femur,
fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles
and a concussion that kept him in a coma for
29 days.
Tags : evel knievel caesars palace 1969 crash jump evil extreme xtreme sports daredevil american legend |
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Durée : 60 s |
| The Palace of Versailles (Part1) |
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The first part of a virtual tour of the
Palace of Versailles, one of the biggest
palaces in the world, with about 700 rooms.
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Tags : Palace Versailles France King Louis XIV chateau castle |
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Affichage : 85441
Durée : 300 s |
| Turkey - Topkapi Palace |
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http://www.iwasinturkey.com
Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish,
literally the "Cannongate Palace" - named
after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul
(Constantinople), was the administrative
center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to
1853. The construction of the Topkapı Palace
was ordered by Sultan Mehmet II in 1459. It
was completed in 1465. The palace is located
on the Seraglio Point between the Golden Horn
and the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul, having a
splendid view of the Bosphorus. (41.00'43.09"
N, 28.59'00.55"E) It consists of many smaller
buildings built together and surrounded by
four courts.
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Durée : 250 s |
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