Video URL


13171_7315_ public_suicide
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1938
B&W

A suicide as thousands watch.ELS of the tops buildings at 5th Ave and 55th St in New York City. LS of a man standing outside on the window’s ledge of a building’s 17th story at the Hotel Gotham. LS of crowd and policemen holding them back at site of John Warde’s suicide. MS of crowd with cameras and such. MLS of John at ledge of building looking down. Downward angled LS of crowd looking up at him. Upward angled LS of him looking down from ledge. MS of tour bus as patrons look up at the suicidal man. Shots of crowd and Warde. MLS of fireman with trampoline for catching the man. ELS of him sitting on the ledge. LS with silhouettes of film makers and their equipment with the background lit up with fog. L and MS’s of crowd members and film crews/journalists.