Trip over Niagara Falls in Barrel (1951)

[@DanieleGiorgino]

I love the fact that this footage exists.

[@Aquaquake]

You think I can't totally do this Niagara Falls in this tube barrel? DUDE, HOLD MY BEER.

[@theeplaguedoctor3516]

Fryderyk Chopin this comment deserves a trophy for the first hold my beer meme

[@NiceQuietkid]

"Now that my brother has died, I too must conquer the falls." - people were just really dumb back then

[@davidhughes4448]

And they're more intelligent now? Let's go down and look at the Titanic in a small submarine.

[@BoleDaPole]

Why is it dumb? He tried to do something that few have done before. Humanity owes a huge debt to people like him that dared to push the limits. It's people like him that went to the moon, discovered America and in the future will be the first to walk on Mars. We can question his motives but we cannot mock his bravery.

[@secondchance6603]

"people were just really dumb back then" Fast forward to today and now men can get pregnant lol.

[@jchapat]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lionheart4552]

@@BoleDaPole Discovered America ? I think it was always there

[@darkxoasis]

Can't believe you people are saying such negative things. If he were successful you would be praising him. It's not like it's unachievable.

[@Code-Sigma]

And it's WAY TOO SOON to be making jokes

[@elib2559]

They didn't even put it into water before sending him off the falls. That a great idea!

[@kuroyami9757]

Why would anyone praise him?

[@blainemonson3414]

Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes

[@shirleyjhaney1041]

It was a smart decision to use poppable plasticky stuff. I mean…. he tried. I wonder how cork would fare.

[@AngelaJeanBarr]

The brothers never tried. Wikipedia their dad, Red Hill Sr. -- now THERE is a hero! I love living in Niagara Falls....SO much history! Enjoy! :-)

[@kayla7562]

Aw lucky lady! I live in Michigan and still have never visited Niagara

[@rhearoyality]

That's just a terrible idea!

[@markhuber8345]

When I saw woody woodpecker do it, I knew that I too must conquer the horseshoe… episode. Niagara Fools.. I totally love that this footage exists too..

[@rdedoes]

His brother tested it with a dummy :P

[@jrad1978]

Did the brother conquer the jinx then?

[@gubbin909]

Frightful show old boy!

[@PoweredByFlow]

Touché! HOHOHOHOHO *grabs cup of tea*

[@jrad1978]

So was the curse lifted?..??

[@MagicalBikeRide]

sitting 100 yards from this exact spot in 2021 so much history no one even knows -

[@kayla7562]

Yeah, it reminds us how quickly we’ll be forgotten too.

[@BoleDaPole]

RIP William Hill 💐

[@Francoberry]

Man awesome video but very daft man thinking some inflated rubber is strong enough..

[@DarkLink606]

Could this newsreel have been the source of inspiration for the Niagara Fools episode of Woody Woodpecker?

[@lakonikos8791]

I was expecting the spectators to shout WOOOOOEEEEHH

[@itwuzavalibles256]

But what if william wasnt kill?

[@jmaune1419]

Best youtube channel

[@ishkibable]

What happened to the brother??

[@pokerslob8175]

He slipped in his bathtub and drowned.

[@COTG717]

did anyone else think that the thumbnail was the guy getting out, and, you know surviving?

[@lionheart4552]

No

[@TomAsz451]

And nobody thought, that might be a bad idea...

[@ProjectRevoltNow]

if i were him i would have tested my designs with dummies first

[@importedmusic]

Why?

[@audiofactory3058]

Those days. People used to watch these news on small black and white tele from the small bed under the cozy blanket with snacks. What a chilling days for teens

[@AlexLawi]

Neither was the missing apostrophe in "wasn't".

[@jalynscott4476]

That's sort of sad but I expected it ):

[@VancouverIsland1]

Rare film when Niagara Falls stopped flowing on the USA side 1969 Niagara Falls Stopped Flowing 1969

[@stefs7141]

Imagine dying but an old lady in a damn beer bartel survived it

[@crazyflaps169]

Your Welcome :D

[@AlanWattResistance]

RIP, had more balls that anyone here.

[@ImawesomeDH]

Some are now too! *cough cough* *points to you*

[@AuRowe]

And we act like we only do outrageously ridiculous things for clout now a days

[@gnarlez]

At least his father was a boss.

[@CharlesMcpwn]

So that's why all of your comments are so negative.

[@jeannineburns1253]

The nag Niagara Falls are not go to go over the falls

[@hazza123live]

See now only if he had a moustache

[@chispudocrudo]

Why cant I sleep .....

[@EarthFairy100]

Dang! How very foolish. Interesting though.

[@thepianoaddict]

Because they are dead.

[@douge1125]

LOL

[@hoosierhiver]

Darwinism at work

[@jrad1978]

That was back when niagra falls was intense these days they steal about 90percent of the water for electricity so he would have made it today

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

They have been diverting water from Niagara talks since the late 1800s. The Adams power came online in 1901

[@ImawesomeDH]

I hope you realize you're talking about some very brave men... my great uncles and the have more guts then you ever will or ever have had. So call me when you decide to get your stories straight ;)

[@zubairashraf9447]

I hate TWC

[@PoweredByFlow]

Well lets just say that wasnt very... clever.