The Magic Of David Copperfield-Disappearing Of Statue Of Liberty

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00:00The End

00:30THE END

01:00Good evening, I'm Michelle Lee.

01:15We're at the base of what is perhaps the most important symbol of freedom in the world today,

01:20the Statue of Liberty.

01:22Our reason for being here goes beyond illusion or entertainment.

01:25The United States government has granted permission for David Copperfield's attempt to vanish the Statue of Liberty.

01:32Why? David will explain later.

01:36Good evening, I'm William B. Williams.

01:38Last year, David performed the world's largest illusion when he vanished a seven-ton jet airplane.

01:45Now, to give you an idea of the magnitude of tonight's illusion,

01:48the statue's arm alone is longer than that airplane.

01:52The Statue of Liberty measures 305 feet in height and weighs an incredible 450,000 pounds.

02:04The statue was designed and constructed in France back in 1884 by a sculptor named Frederick Augusta Bachtoli

02:11and raised over New York Harbor in 1886 after being shipped here in separate pieces.

02:17There have been many theories on how David would accomplish this incredible illusion.

02:22For instance, it would take 26 helicopters to lift the separate pieces straight up

02:27if it were possible to detach the statue from the fort below.

02:31Another theory is to lower the statue into the ground,

02:35but because of its size and weight, it would take an elevator

02:38more than 15 minutes to get the statue below the fort level if such a device existed.

02:44Approval for this event came from our government.

02:48Their officials informed me of the Presidential Appointed Fundraising Commission

02:51for the statue's restoration, headed by Lee Iacocca.

02:54By 1986, she'll be as good as new.

02:57It was necessary to erect two scaffolding towers 200 feet in front of the statue.

03:04The towers are constructed to hold a curtain used in the illusion.

03:08Circling the statue will be a helicopter

03:10and will give an aerial view of the results of the illusion.

03:29This is where our audience will sit.

03:32The chairs are in a reclined position

03:34so that our audience can have a good view of the statue.

03:36David is in radio communication with our helicopter

03:39and three other strategic points around the statue.

03:46Surrounding the statue, we place three Codomatic instant cameras.

03:50They're being loaded with film now.

03:58These cameras will eject their instant photographs into these locked boxes.

04:02They'll be set off before the illusion begins

04:09and take continuous photographs in sequence

04:12to provide photographic proof of the statue's disappearance

04:16from three different angles around the statue.

04:20These young ladies will stand in front of the units

04:22and will remain with the cameras until we're finished.

04:25The members of our audience here are from all walks of life.

04:32They will be the jury for those back in our studio

04:34and all of you throughout the world watching this on TV.

04:43We've anchored the towers down in front of the fort

04:46to prevent them from blowing over

04:48while the curtain is raised between them.

04:50The green display on this radar screen

04:58shows the statue's existence.

05:01This radar screen will be your way and my way

05:03of keeping track of the statue when the curtain is raised.

05:06Stand by, Don.

05:07Our time is running short,

05:08but I think it's important for me to recap

05:09using this model of Liberty Island.

05:11The audience on Liberty Island and myself

05:13are seated here in front of the towers.

05:17200 feet in front of us is the Statue of Liberty.

05:19It's surrounded by a circle of lights that shine upon it.

05:22The curtain will be raised between the statue and the audience.

05:25Here, this is to protect the secret of the statue's disappearance.

05:29When the curtain is lowered,

05:30if we have successfully vanished the statue,

05:33we will go to our helicopter camera,

05:35which will give us an aerial view.

05:36To prove the statue has vanished,

05:38searchlights from the audience area

05:39will pass through the empty space

05:41the statue occupied moments before.

05:44Now, there's two things you must remember.

05:46First, this is the real Statue of Liberty,

05:48not a model.

05:50And second, when the curtain is raised,

05:53we will not cut away from our camera shot.

05:55It will remain on until after the statue has vanished.

05:59David's magic is performed with absolutely no camera tricks.

06:03The illusion you are watching at home

06:05is exactly the way he is doing it now.

06:08Ladies and gentlemen,

06:12Mr. David Copperfield.

06:13The illusion you are watching at home

06:18is exactly the same for the statue.

06:19That is the real Statue of Liberty!

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06:35and inside

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06:42Ground control, pad at one. We're switching to your camera now. Give us a steady picture.

06:48Roger, ground control. We've got a big shot at the back of the statue.

06:51We're switching back to our ground camera. Remain strictly in front of us.

07:12I can't believe this.

07:42We're switching to your camera. This is the first license.

07:46Roger, ground control. It's just incredible. We're heading right to the circle of license. There's no statue there.

08:12You watched it. What was your reaction?

08:25I was just enchanted with the entire thing. I just disappeared. What happened? I had gone to it. I have no idea.

08:32No idea where it went.

08:32It was fascinating to watch it. Describe what you saw.

08:35I tell you, if I was home watching it on TV, I would be a little, you know, skeptical.

08:40But I was here and it was there and now it's not there. I don't know what happened to it. Fantastic.

08:44You look like a skeptic.

08:46All I know is that when the curtain dropped, the statue was not there and I didn't see it.

08:51And how about you?

08:52When that curtain went down and it was nothing there, I just couldn't believe it.

08:56Your reaction?

08:57I was amazed. I don't see it. It was there and it's not there anymore.

09:01Do you have any ideas where it went?

09:03I have no ideas.

09:04No idea where it went.

09:05No idea.

09:06Our Codomatic cameras with their boxes are being brought to our audience area.

09:10Now let's take a look at the instant photographs from the three surrounding views.

09:16These are the photos from the right side of the statue.

09:26And finally, from the left side.

09:52I have never seen a statue of liberty disappear the way this one did.

10:05Can David make the statue reappear?

10:08You'll find out.

10:22I want to tell you why I did this.

10:28My mother was the first one to tell me about the statue of liberty.

10:32She saw it first from the deck of a ship that brought her to America.

10:36She was an immigrant.

10:37She impressed upon me how precious our liberty is and how easily it can be lost.

10:43And then one day, it occurred to me that I could show with magic how we take our freedom for granted.

10:50But sometimes we don't realize how important something is until it's gone.

10:55So I asked our government for permission to let me make the statue of liberty disappear.

11:01Just for a few minutes.

11:03I thought if we faced emptiness, where for as long as we can remember that great lady has lifted up her lamp,

11:11why then, we might imagine what the world would be like without liberty.

11:15And we'd realize how precious our freedom really is.

11:18And then I would make the statue of liberty reappear by remembering the word that made it appear in the first place.

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