Buried Alive Stunt Goes Wrong (1949)

Taken from the British Pathe reel “Houdini II Buried Alie“, Alan Alan, a 24-year-old magician from Manchester decides to bury himself alive naked in a grave and then attempt to escape. He does this to celebrate the anniversary of the death of famous escape artist Houdini. However, something goes wrong and rescuers battle to dig him out before it is to clip features an awfully tense moment in which the men must abandom spades in fear of digging into Alan (who has chosen to bury himself alive naked) and they start scooping fistfuls of soil out with their hands. Follow us on Twitter: [club201327013|] Join us on Facebook: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959)