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Diving Horse (1923)

1923 · Silent film

Synopsis

A horse belonging to 19-year-old "Jackie" Carvan leaps from a tall platform into water. The diving-horse attraction was created by William "Doc" Carver; horses sometimes dove up to four times a day, seven days a week, and the act lost popularity after World War II.

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