Image / Stuntman diver Jumpin’ Joe Gerlach, filming diving stunt in Burbank, Calif., 1971

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Title: Stuntman diver Jumpin’ Joe Gerlach, filming diving stunt in Burbank, Calif., 1971
Contributor: Murphy, William S.
Date Created and/or Issued: August 9, 1971
1971-08-09
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: NO CHUTE--Joe Gerlach dives from balloon tethered eight stories above Burbank parking lot toward 3-foot-thick foam pad in stunt filmed Sunday for television show. Gerlach, once an Olympic diver for Hungary, now dives professionally into foam pads.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b681_268583
ark:/21198/zz0002ngzx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Television production & direction--California--Los Angeles
Stunt performers--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
People
Divers--California--Los Angeles
Gerlach, Joe
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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