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: Back then 1967-69 there were not 20 lawyers
: standing around waiting on a law suit. Yah
: things were different for sure. I have a
: hunch that Caesers did not think half of
: that crowd would be there too. There were
: hardly any security there as you seen. Evel
: and the Triumph liked landing in a wheelie
: position I think 6 more feet and he would
: not have gotten near the exciting footage he
: got and used countless times.
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: Amazing they didn't worry with crowd
: control
: or Evel crashing into the crowd. When Robbie
: jumped they fenced off the crowd . John
: Derek wasn't the only person to film the
: jump. I believe at least 3 different people
: filmed it. Derek got some of the best
: footage showing the famous landing. This
: footage was shown on one of the Evel Knievel
: documentaries. Robbie said if Evel had not
: landed on the safety deck he might have
: crashed anyway because his front wheel was
: too high. Also noticed that it appears that
: the area before the takeoff ramp appears to
: be elevated. Not flatbeds like at Kings
: Island but elevated off the ground. I could
: be wrong.
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: I got it from Chris Agajanian his dad was
: the
: promoter of the LA Coliseum jump and they
: ran Ascot Speedway where Knievel did his
: first TV jump at their AMA TT race
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: There's a crummy quality super 8 film of it
: as
: well.If anybody has that version message Tom
: at mott1465@hotmail.com
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: That was one awesome video Big Ed!
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: It's neat to see it in color and from
: different angles.
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: Ceasers Palace footage
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