David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Dissapears part 3

Found on an old VHS Tape from 1983. David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty part 3. Unfortunately I ran out of tape just before he brings it back.

[@ZainAli-po6mg]

Who watching this in 2024😅

[@nevSamuel-er3im]

Me 😅😅

[@kaungmyintmyatthu7799]

Me

[@ronyaraujooliveira3434]

I'm watching now. 05:12 am

[@nimairan922]

Me 😅

[@fharizrosli9732]

me

[@HandsomeMoose]

7:00 You can start here if you only want to see the trick.

[@mattd832]

Stealth it no longer matters what you do in your life, you sir are going to heaven.

[@argeniscribas9304]

Stealth thanks

[@rowdytriesstuff9173]

Thanks

[@IreneAgathe]

Thank you !

[@scamsjones9125]

You're amazing!!😁😁

[@Unpluggedx89]

It ran back to France

[@itsad7194]

@@subzero8679 and American are so stupid x) we have an history, you have nothing 😂

[@pierrerocher8118]

l PetitMinou l t’a raison je comprend même pas pourquoi on étudie l’Amérique car eux ne savent même pas situer la France sur une carte qui est un des pays les plus riche du monde (c’est pas une blague) . Hors de ça ils ont une mentalité bien meilleur à la nôtre je trouve

[@gillianlandry283]

@@subzero8679 I bet you couldn't find France on a map

[@itsad7194]

@AnOriginal Name lmao without us you'll have no flag and no country lmao learn about history, France helped usa during the Independence war. France has the most of battle won, Napoléon is the greatest conqueror and charlemagne the founder of Europe, what about you?

[@saiyanc137]

@@subzero8679 I bet you just leaned to spell French.

[@goldieboystevenson1948]

"I've never seen a statue of liberty disappear like this one did".. that's what the old lady in red said at 9.54 . a very odd thing to say.

[@jordan1048]

Goldieboy Stevenson lol i think she was joking. or i hope so haha

[@VMFYT]

Napoleon Dynamite's dad sits right behind her

[@aruytpadyugf]

She was a time traveler. Illuminati confirmed.

[@garystinten9339]

Bernd Berg except he didn't damn her for giving the secret away. Damnit Carla.. This statue.. :/ why how many "statue of liberties" are there? 3 :o

[@samuelrs5138]

Actually, there is an exact copy of this statue (scaled smaller) still on public display in France. There was a third model that actually has been lost Besides, Lady LIberty is an *extremely* old character. Google "Sol Invictus" to see what was basically the patron saint of the Roman military. Statues of her were carried around by the military and her image all over all sorts of their equipment, regalia and forms of documentation/uniform. Or Google, "Libertas" and you will see Lady Liberty once again.... the "Libertas" was the Roman currency (coins) issued about 2000 years ago by Caesar Augustus. Many satues of Liberty all over Europe and especially in Italty, went missing or were destroyed by the Germans, Italians and the surrendered-French.

[@MangaEater68]

imagine if it actually disappeared and he never put it back ;)

[@poopeisnu8615]

MangaEater68 jinns*

[@lostleblanc1846]

Well its good

[@holohulolo]

Or if it was meant to be a trick but actually disappeared and then reappearing again.

[@epiknot1849]

MangaEater68 I like it

[@yurireynareyna6505]

MangaEater68 😂😂

[@srinitaaigaura]

Damn, only one mess up. Had that light not been reflecting off the radar's glass cover at 7:15, I'd have never guessed that he rotated the whole stage.

[@DidymusWillow]

Slickest rotating stage I've ever seen! You can't even tell in the video.

[@yogisupriyadi3025]

who wathcing this in 2020, hello from Indonesia

[@igedesudarsa827]

Hallo .. same with me.. because i see IG master Deddy Corbuzier

[@arrasyiid836]

@@igedesudarsa827 same 😂

[@RaynaANZ]

Pasti karna IG DC 😂

[@yogisupriyadi3025]

Kita semua disini karena satu hal yang sama, Master Dedi. Haha

[@esterina3996]

SAMA 🤣

[@pleasedtamaster7035]

9:52, the old woman calmly says, "I have never seen a Statue of Liberty disappear before the way this one did"! ......WAIT WHAT. SHE'S SEEN MULTIPLE STATUES OF LIBERTY DISAPPEAR BEFORE?!?!

[@amiequiano8019]

The practice statues

[@sinoftheinternet]

She's a time traveler

[@xavier9577]

@goduskychris Chris Godusky her Husband’s Statue of Liberty did disappeared.

[@MudfossilGaia]

Maybe she's referring to the one that used to be on Ellis Island....🤔

[@Paramurasaki]

It's a show. So the audience is a part of it :) THIS is the most trick of all tricks

[@billgreen4003]

Its now the year 2023 April 15 Saturday morning time flies

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

Thank you so much for posting this even if we miss a bit of lack of tape. Not only did we get to see a good trick but that show thanks to Mr.Copperfield helped to raise alot of money to help fix up Lady Liberty. This was done in 1983.

[@thevaughnshow]

Rotating Stage > look at all the shadows change, while the curtain is up, on the backs of the chairs (especially the guys elbow shadow), along with the light & shadow changes on the stage wall on the right & the fake radar equipment. The biggest tell is the huge shadow from the radar box that glides across David’s waist/crotch area as the stage rotates & he is still with his hand on his head, easy to spot. The stage simply rotated to the right when the curtain was up. Copperfield had a contract with ABC to make several TV specials & was not beyond paying actors & using camera trickery for his illusions. Ahh, the 80’s, fun times!

[@cjbots]

I remember when this happened! I was glued to the television with my mom.

[@abdihogsade47]

Lmao

[@NSS36069]

So was I

[@elick0]

lol i hear you

[@Llamallama7282]

Gu Ti this was 8 years ago

[@jasonlindsey3164]

This man is the reason I am a magician today. Been doing magic since I was 6. Copperfield has always been my hero.

[@jamalwashium5387]

So your a virgin sweet man

[@Asianspikeheadnotracist]

Then, make videos of your magic skills!

[@jamalwashium5387]

@@Asianspikeheadnotracist that bitch wont

[@urmo345]

The hardest thing to learn is skilled sleight of hand. For making statues "disappear" you need only money, LOTS of money, and good team. IMO it is downgrade: everyone, rich enough, can make people, statue, tanks and etc. to "vanish". This trick in video is case of extreme downgrade, because it was made with the help of camera and it wont work live with random spectators. Just SHAME! What next? CGI?

[@isai267]

is not magic. is an illusion

[@vinzabarico3905]

Always remember guys. Illusionist and Magician aren't the same. Lets just appreciate David's legacy

[@safuanijulai300]

That an agreement with the Lucifer. The satanic. Illuminati. Not illusion you dumb ass. How stupid you're

[@poopsMcgee05]

9:53 I have never seen a statue of liberty disappear like this one did... lol

[@pirabujamal95]

What's funny with this sentence?

[@pirabujamal95]

I didn't find anything funny in this sentence. If you can explain me,then I can the feel the same as what you have felt!

[@TheDanksNewGroove]

@@pirabujamal95 It’s funny because it sounds like the lady is not only saying there is more than one Statue of Liberty, but that more than one of them have disappeared, and that she has seen it happen more than once.

[@poopsMcgee05]

@@pirabujamal95 In english I would say "The Statue of Liberty", using "the" instead of "a" since there is only one statue of liberty in the world. Saying "A Statue of Liberty" implies there are others, and when she says "the way this one did" also makes it sound like she has seen others disappear and maybe in different ways.

[@cyres1258]

@@TheDanksNewGroove ain´t there smaller version of the statue in some citys around the world? nothing wrong about what she said

[@georgejohnsmith]

Watch it from 10:25 to 10:42. Can you see the hatred in the eyes of the audience behind him, after he admits he is a son of an immigrant? Can you see it?

[@LXW-Arts]

true

[@heavyshark7386]

yes

[@ariffalimi]

maybe its look like that because the quality of the old camera

[@jeaninepanzone3899]

+R.I.P in piece get rid of ur screen name

[@j19527]

Who gives a shit about his "immigrant" status? That's very bigoted and arrogant on HIS part. selling to everyone watching, that he is so special because he is a fucking immigrant? Yeah right. Liberty? Ha! He doesn't know what it means. Because he was a an immigrant we should kiss HIS ass? That's basically what he is trying to envelop for the audience, in other words, Feel sorry for me, because if you dont, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. OMG! LMFAO! I cant get enough this cultural communist propaganda bullshit.

[@cholericraven3434]

God i love copperfield's Illusions. Absolutely amazing to watch one of the masters perform.

[@edissonobregon8990]

Whos watching this in 2019???

[@siamaksadeghian]

u

[@abdulmanaf2487]

@@siamaksadeghian 😂

[@dominikapowers8906]

to je dobra haluz 2019 😂😂😂😂😂

[@masivnikousek7833]

@@dominikapowers8906 pěkná chujovina možná :D

[@faizan101010]

Not me

[@DCVertigo]

Amazing what a rotating platform can do

[@DCVertigo]

***** Not entirely sure what your comment meant, but just google it, was all over the news that he and the crowd were just on a rotating platform that turned when the curtain was up... simple really.

[@The101Shell101Bullet]

+Keef Buckley ... there's no way they had that giant stage rotate enough to hide it. not to mention you could have easily heard and felt something that large 'turn' at that point in time. maybe not it would be abit more quiet but no, just because you 'googled' it and it came out to that, doesn't make it fact, sorry dude =/

[@DCVertigo]

The101Shell101Bullet I remember when it was first on and it was in the news lol, before google, not sure why you are defending "magic" for, take a page out of Penn and Tellers book and understand it's all the art of trickery and not con's

[@Ultrox007]

+Keef Buckley We should get together and redo the trick, but this time, steal the MOON

[@The101Shell101Bullet]

+Keef Buckley oh I'm not defending magic, and I'm not saying that he really made the thing disappear XD . but unfortunately I think that how it was 'done' is wrong. I think it was simply all staged on a stage, in a theatre with actors. would make way more sense.

[@carlloud1187]

Love how they used the theme music from 'The Towering Inferno' in making this video. I almost expected to see Paul Newman and Steve McQueen to appear in place of The Statue of Liberty

[@akhilmadipalli3944]

Starts at 7:04

[@madisou3ad535]

Akhil Madi xxx

[@spkanava]

1983

[@lanelleladero]

I used to watch his videos everyday when I was little.. the nostalgia

[@davidcarter7337]

The best part was when they interviewed the old lady who survived the Titanic how she felt about the trick....

[@DAVIDCOPPERFIELDCHANNEL]

This illusion is not just about the "how its done.", its publicity, because people are still watching it & talking about it all these years later. Whether you know how its done or not. Doesnt matter. It did its job. It made him famous, well done.

[@jonathanmiller9235]

David Copperfield was so lucky that he got a chance to see that grand lady of Liberty before she got restored!! I mean in this video, he went to very top of the Statue of Liberty; to the torch and to the crown!

[@eyesightjournalism9819]

His outfit gets me every time...nothing like the good ol' days.

[@JohnWilliams-sv7km]

Till this day OMG what... a showman

[@taraggie]

Copperfield had a setup of two towers on a stage, supporting an arch to hold the huge curtain that would be used to conceal the statue. The TV cameras and the live audience only saw the monument through the arch. When the curtains closed, David waxed poetic while the stage was slowly and imperceptibly turned. When the curtains opened, the statue was hidden behind one of the towers, and the audience was looking out to sea. Voila!

[@asyraffhaikal4137]

Hye

[@JohnUsp]

7:12 look at the light reflection in the radar screen, the light is spinning, he used a rotating platform.

[@scherzva]

+John Usp Great catch

[@fobosstudio6530]

+John Robson I got it also!

[@SirBuzz]

Damn! You're good for catching that!

[@EmillioMelendez]

how does a rotation platform do that

[@XiaoDaoWuHello]

If the platform is spanning, why we can not see the helicoptor when platform spanning?

[@shanerobbins6733]

Now the Statue of Liberty is disappeared forever in 2021

[@adreestariq5874]

Seriously?

[@randomtux1234]

any peasant who truly understands the medium (ie tv) half as much as mr copperfield, mr magic, mr whomever, immediately understands the obviousness in the utter simplicity of how this trick is performed. heres a clue: the medium itself. all the rest of it, the curtain, the polaroid cameras the chopper, all of these are mere props, supporting the deceit.

[@JUSTxMe25]

No one will think that the whole stage is rotating to the opposite side , that was brilliant in 1993 .

[@Price70]

1983

[@perceptions-wq5ro]

Stage rotating to the opposite side:would have felt it:was maybe 1 minute:curtains up

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

83*

[@uzefulvideos3440]

​@@perceptions-wq5ro indeed, but here only few degrees would be enough, at night with the static statue lights being turned off, and the bright lights directed towards the audience

[@wolffalexander2]

Amazing bit of theater and magic. Main thing is this illusion is a TV illusion. Couldn't have been done magically without it! Haha I love it. I saw it live like some of my fellow commenters. It was great. Even though I now know how it was done!

[@Andy-sq7ug]

Is that true

[@chibiitachi7828]

@Alexander Really?? 🤣😆

[@spkanava]

1983

[@Brainbuster]

Incorrect. This illusion doesn't require TV.

[@joeterp5615]

He fooled those present. He had loud music with plenty of base playing, so the platform was already vibrating slightly, so nobody noticed when the whole platform rotated.

[@darlene5216]

I watched this as a kid. Everybody and they mama was glued to this.

[@89macgyver]

At 7:10. You can clearly see the reflection of the lights on the supposed "radar" screen move in a counter-clockwise direction, indicating the reflected light is off-platform and that the platform is being rotated clockwise. Oops! The cameraman/prop positioner didn't do a very good job.

[@chSubbu007]

yeah

[@hutox]

Pls explain on french

[@dougstyles5091]

Hutox . No. Do something on your own for once.

[@RickMena1]

Those pesky overhead lights will get ya all the time!

[@kasondechishimba1216]

1983... a simpler time

[@tenagnek]

Trust me, no, lol. I was quite young when I saw this, and we all mocked it for how absurd it was. Even without knowing exactly how he did it, obviously no one makes the Statue of Liberty disappear, so we felt he jumped the shark with this. Believe me, there are lot more people willing to believe all kinds of crazy things now than then. Just look around YT and you'll see what I mean.

[@srinitaaigaura]

Yeah, strangely people seem more superstitious now.

[@francescoscarallo486]

Mmm....yes era no

[@spkanava]

1983

[@spkanava]

1983

[@blancagasson9932]

That was incredible thank you

[@Zack-kw2tr]

Hello, there

[@spkanava]

1983

[@ericarchuleta7106]

I was 7 years old when this went down I remember it the next day at school everyone was talking about it I loved the 80s great era of my life...

[@arranpattison5809]

Eric Archuleta Yeah we were fed bs back then like now, but it was done in a fun way with a smile on their faces unlike now where we are part of the trick and they are making us disappear!

[@spkanava]

1983

[@davidcarter7337]

It went back into Tracy island....

[@orhugs]

7:40 "I can't believe this" Such an obvious voice over!!

[@Jveir]

Wat

[@spkanava]

1983

[@Mr1electronique]

VHS Man, when you watch a movie and you see Auto picture Best time ever

[@tamietaylor8620]

"I've never seen a Statue Of Liberty disappear like this one did!" 🤣😂💀

[@daudaliyafie546]

now you see me 2 brought me here..

[@pamelaredpill3663]

I remember watching this live as a kid with my parents lol

[@rickyza2905]

Hi May I know you

[@pamelaredpill3663]

Ricky Pujiarko no. Absolutely not. 🙄Blocked.

[@rickyza2905]

@@pamelaredpill3663 haha you are cruel

[@vb1194]

This went from a "YT comment section" to "Tinder" real quick

[@asiartandcraft]

@@vb1194 😂and got block b4 knowing each other

[@Navinkumar-oc9sm]

80s when cool things used to happen like this one

[@epipen22]

I remmeber watching this as a child.

[@neilmartin99]

Notice how the curtain does not drop low enough for the live audience to see the harbor. You can also see how the base of the scaffolds are covered by 10 ft high bases. Hmmmm why would that be?

[@emmadshah7542]

"I have never seen a statue of liberty disappear as I saw this one did" ahahahahha :)

[@darkprince5714]

Who will say that.hahahhaha.too obvious she was on the trick

[@spkanava]

1983

[@Caleb_le_chifre]

7:39 smoke in left hand corner goes behind giant mirror camera zooms up to avoid obviousness can't fight nature

[@billgreen3138]

thanks for sharing a cool time capsule

[@xavier9577]

When I thought it was just a absolute black curtain surrounding the Statue of Liberty. However that radar did really burst my bubble, unless something disrupted the radar in order for the magic trick to work.

[@partha4084]

PC Sorcar Jr is the only magician who whenever perform any show in foreign country always speaks in their native language. He knows 25 foreign languages, which he ca use to hypnotize. He can cycle on deep water in live. He disappeared Taj Mahal in full day light. He disappeared a passenger full of train in from of high court judges. He disappeared Victoria Memorial. Magic is in their blood from 3 generations. Who has better skills?

[@NejiHyuga93]

The audience is on a moving platform which turns slightly to the right. when the curtain opens again, the statue of liberty is behind the left "tower" with bright searchlights turned on now (which makes surroundings especially dark). all lights of the statue itself are turned off. the circle of lights at the ground is a replication of the originally shown lights. thats it.

[@grapesofwraith1066]

for some reason, I love that the intro music is the theme from the film "The Towering Inferno"

[@renatitamendoza5475]

un gran mago y un maravilloso espiritu

[@shockwave2291]

"By remembering the word that made it appear in the first place. The word-" What? What is the word!? TELL ME GODDAMMIT!!!!

[@IshamTrivedi]

'Liberty', I guess?

[@randythompson5154]

The word was “Balls”.

[@JBexplores]

The bird is the word

[@roachtoasties]

Don't worry. The Statue of Liberty didn't go anywhere. It was a big TV special for its time. The audience was on a big lazy-susan that turned ever so slowly that they didn't notice. Of course, if the audience was able to get up and look outside what they could see from their narrow view on the stage, they would notice they were facing at a slightly wrong direction. Still, a good trick.

[@garystinten9339]

roachtoasties so a 2nd set of lights positioned slightly left of centre?

[@ekajuliartha7284]

So you can be a smart guy by revealing the trick? People like you that ruining the show. Fu*k off!!

[@roachtoasties]

@@ekajuliartha7284 These answers are all over the internet.

[@jsxox9085]

This is so amazing

[@francescoscarallo486]

38 anni fa ........ oggi fa solo ridere simpaticamente 😂😂😂😂😁😁😁😁😀😀😀😀🤗🤗🤗

[@anthonyramirez5428]

I bet the ppl of France were pissed.

[@cholericraven3434]

+Anthony Ramirez What?

[@cholericraven3434]

***** ooh... now it makes sense.

[@bradg2069]

Shock ray blue

[@monroetory9533]

Why ?

[@narniadici1976]

Anthony Ramirez Yep lmao

[@Vesalius21]

Thanos be like : Underestimate my finger baby?

[@inceptionsd]

i was watching this live on a TV :)

[@magicaldiaz2643]

Still amazing in 2020

[@taraschlie2092]

NPR recently had an excellent Segment on this. Highly suggest if your interested in how it was done and more Details in general to check it on. Im sure it Archived on NPR Online.

[@gatovillano7009]

Imagine if there were 2 screens: one blue and one black. What if they dropped the blue screen half way but kept the black screen where they projected an helicopter on it. And what if all the people there are in on the trick.

[@f1lukaas]

8 years ago And i still like IT 😍

[@longlivekodeyburns5186]

The plain put a huge black cover over it

[@longlivekodeyburns5186]

The plain put a huge black cover over it

[@xuanthanhtrinh9807]

oh my god thats amazing i cant believe that.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Perspective was changed, and audience was in on the trick.

[@magicjoe7442]

Straordinario!!!

[@RabbiTuviaBolton]

Now the statue is there but 'Liberty' has been emptied of responsibility.

[@GuyElla]

Nov2022 , still a legend

[@P.willow]

I love watching David Copperfield shows. I thought he was awesome when I was a child. My whole family used to watch his shows and I honestly thought he was jesus ! He was so good and put on an amazing show. Id go see him to this day.

[@misterx3926]

Disappear?! It was never gone. Rofl I would like to see this done in the daytime in today's time! Lol people are so gullible back then.

[@venger]

whitewing It's a magic trick you dolt!

[@AirIsLungFood]

+whitewing lmao WAIT WHAT?! You're saying this guy isn't the first actually magician?!?! ...Obviously. Its an illusion, that's how any real magician classifies "magic". You are the one who believes that this man made an entire country believe in magic. You seem like the gullible one to me.

[@lukarancini1630]

Omg , u just said the most stupid thing i've ever read ....... WTF HE IS AN ILLUSIONIST WHEN YOU ,LOOSER , WILL DO THAT I CAN SAY TO YOU BRAVO but for the moment just shut up

[@Ultrox007]

+whitewing "so gullible *back then*." >Implying they aren't now >Not realizing that in 2015 people are still asking the same retarded questions they asked in 1977

[@BeHisLikeness]

Glad you had this... it PROVES that the Statue was and IS on Liberty Island, NOT Ellis Island

[@jackson5116]

I was about 10 when they did this, and I remember my family was able to punch holes all over this with the fake radar to mirrors, etc. We were close, didn't think of rotating platforms.

[@looqmann1]

The statue never vanished, the audience were moved

[@Primo555]

"Ive never seen the Statue Of Liberty dissapear like this one did" as opposed to what other time?? Hahaha

[@wilsonscience]

he constructed a giant rotating platform-- 2 towers and sitting audience were on it. When he covered audience' view of the statue of liberty--> platform slowly rotated. Tower lights blinded the audience so their peripheral wasn't available to them. When he removed the curtain, rotating platform (including audience, camera, etc) had rotated 90 degrees if audience could have looked sideways (if lights on tower had not blinded their view.....

[@rsyaefurrochman]

Confirmed He employed The Minions

[@sirbryanjayz2581]

whos Watching this in 2017?

[@sakuraiakari]

SirBryan Jayz me

[@lalicornepayete7114]

SirBryan Jayz who cares

[@ltacou1244]

SirBryan Jayz me

[@mohammedsarafas6214]

2018

[@mdfahamyiskandar8615]

2019

[@youngmanchake]

How did he do it? Wow!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

83?! Wow. I remember watching this and seeing people cheering. I couldn't get into it.

[@badmy004]

You guessed it! I'm here after that American life podcast

[@ENIMA37]

Pause 🤣

[@merlin7545]

Imagine he try to put it back & misplaced it in front of my house

[@Floatnx]

This brings back memories

[@Floatnx]

From where i watched this with my grandmother while rewatching some of her vhs

[@mikecroteau7722]

david coppefeild's body language always reminds me of old steve martin saturday night live skits ...

[@Kali4nication34]

Kids, don't do this at home :p

[@alexgr98]

wow thats amazing

[@sbarbs24mvp]

ILLUSIONS, Michael!

[@DieHardKINGS]

WoW, I can’t believe this was once called magic.

[@Spudst3r]

They don't make TV like this anymore. I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about that.

[@lunarsix1981]

I deeply and honestly feel you 😢❤

[@tatinekmstitel9949]

The Statue of Liberty didn't disappear. It's still there, only viewers can't see it.

[@amritnalam9994]

Thanks a lot for explaining. What would I have done with your gracious words. Mind blowing. You got them! Congratulations

[@afiahismail7081]

satan hide it

[@spkanava]

1983

[@topsecretmagictvwithmalnor6699]

Thanks for sharing.

[@sofiyarini]

The biggest object ever made disappeared turned out it was just the biggest stage ever rotated, it annoys u how simple it was

[@queenkeeministry7452]

He look like he made a deal with something...

[@gardoarellano9601]

He made deal with beelzebub

[@christopherblue2004]

not that hard David, especially at night. i can do the same thing to my house. O, I just shut off all the lights, where is my house?!?!

[@Mad9977]

the Heli lights the place afterwards, or is this another place?

[@akieseichi0808]

do it. and dont forget to post it on youtube.

[@christopherblue2004]

ok wait till night fall and I will turn out my lights.

[@akieseichi0808]

do better than copperfield. i'll be the first to watch. i'm not joking, you said you can do better.

[@djsadventures5712]

It's call black magic

[@aarav8897]

Who watching it in 2023

[@De_ebumars]

Am waiting in 2024

[@maryanne7544]

that trick with the planes hitting the towers on 911 was really impressing

[@Zack-kw2tr]

Hello