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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.68 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Hollywood, California Type: Photograph Date: 7 August 1963 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 20.6 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by Associated Press date August 7, 1963. Shows a biplane flying low to the ground towards a building as people flee. The embedded press release states that Frank Tallman, a stunt pilot, is skimming the top of the factory for the opening scenes of a movie entitled "The Carpetbaggers." The extras in the foreground scatter in a scene where the tycoon, played by George Peppard, plays a trick on his workers.

Tallman, Frank, 1919-1978
Peppard, George, 1928-1994

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