Grand Illusions The Story of Magic vol 1 

The segment covering the Bullet Catch was the most riveting to this watcher. My big heart goes out posthumously to all the magicians who tragically tried and died! In the case of The Wizard of the North, Anderson, he was not only lucky that the fellow backed down from firing but also BRILLIANT afterward, to have so exploited the moment -- nerves of steel and showmanship !!

I fell asleep on RU-vid and woke up watching this

Great video greetings from México

very interesting,thank for all the info. regards, Tony & Margie Sadar

Houdin might have been the Doug Hennig of his day, but Doug Hennig was the (insert even more obscure historical figure's name here) of HIS day.

Merci !

1:28 I had no idea that Larry David started out as a magician and 1:48 Bob Ross’ brother did as well!! Let than 2 minutes into this and they’ve got my attention!!!

Wonderful good hews! Thank you!

Man this documentary takes me back! Thanks for the upload!

Great video! Thanks for posting it.

It was great to see this video Doug Henning Siegfried and Roy the pendragons I know Siegfried and Roy are gone now so seeing them it's a rare find now on videos the pendragons don't perform anymore and I don't know about Doug Henning they were the greats you'll never find anyone to replace them David Copperfield is also great I hope that he doesn't retire and nothing happens to him 2 showing these wonderful magic Penn and Teller it's great to see that teller can really talk they're all so wonderful be safe everyone

As an on/off magician living in 2019 this puppet is leaving me bluffed.

thank you, thank you, thank you! Weird Magic at 1:53:50 awesome, been looking for this for years! Thank you

Love this kind of stuff

2:03:15 -- Amazing story! :D

Thanks for upload!!!

The only thing Houdini never escaped from is his coffin.

Interesting...

very very nice

tnx for uploading this is very interesting

I’m surprised they never brought up the fact Houdini could move a potato up and down his throat....which is he how he accomplished so many escapes

Paul Daniels that bullet catch was so easy for you holy shit....u legend u

I was watching the Grand Illusions of magic part 1 it shows a lot of different Illusionist Houdini and Siegfried a Roy in a comment in there they said who knows how long they would have went on what age did they would have retired because they were getting up in age and one of the gentleman said it never came up in a conversation with him he said hopefully they would have went on for a long time but unfortunately it didn't I wish they were still here and I turn magic what's going on it's sad that they are gone as well as many of the other great Illusionist they also said no Illusionist coming in every day in my own words no one can replace Siegfried and Roy and no one will be ever be able to replace David Copperfield when he's gone

Great fun

This was done very amazingly! Thanks for bringing this to magicians and the world!

Many thanks!

1:42:08-1:45:26 Penn and Teller

amazing

Kidology. Start to finish. The talent is in the 'Sell'.

cool

"Be careful how soon you live out your dream, because soon one must go to sleep." Seek out your dreams, but allow the journey to be a longer road, or else the dream is early lived and the long rest will follow.

So much came out of the 1800's, it's amazing that this guy was able to do this during the Napoleon era.

"Stopped a lot of bloodshed with a magic trick" The 10 million algerians who got killed by France: am i a joke to you

ok cool its working now

The Siegfried and Roy stuff is kind of heartbreaking to watch now. RIP Roy.

enfin un documentaire qui rend hommage à Robert-Houdin, ce maitre des automates et de la magie. Dont Houdini a pris le pseudo... Comme toujours l'Europe créée, et les US pillent...

cool classic ps now we have robots solving rubiks cube and finle like i was praying to Jesus that somone made the erno rubiks cube solve it self

wow

I did the bullet catch with a paintball gun despite the fact it was illegal to do it , 14 times

4:58 free nightmare fuel

When was this made?

Just two words: "ROBERT HOUDIN"

Sean Penn should have played this role.

Great Great grandson Pee Wee continued the Herman family tradition.

Before, magicians were high profile. Now they are made fun of or considered worthless profession

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Add I just woke up at 10:41am and saw dis on my screen

Siegfried and Roy would probably still be performing today if they didn't have the tiger incident.

Wish they would at least be able to pronounce "Robert Houdin" properly.

hmmmmm.... light and heavy chest --- Could that have been done with Electomagnetism ? Electrically charged magnets "ON" - you can not lift it. Turn electric magnets "OFF" - now you can lift it ???

everytime i think ab david i come watch this

"Houdini is the Dark Souls of Magic"

tried watching to fall asleep.

1:46:48 Fuck the magic show, I wanna know how to get a pet cheeda.

Despite the oscillation of Roy's story about the attack (at his most lucid and honest moments, he admitted that the animal attacked him) the damage inflicted by the tiger was career ending, normalcy ending and nearly life ending. The attack ended Siegfried & Roy's careers. Watching the close calls they had over the years - it is surprising that the *Mirage* (where the attack took place) was willing to risk the safety of their audience with unrestrained, fully equipped wild animals on stage. Once again, wild animals were showcased as somehow not being wild, and Roy's relationship with them somehow being magical and transcendent of the natural order of the animal's constitution - being wild. A commonality of people who are killed by animals which have no business interacting with humans as if they were domesticated. "Not me - not my animal. We're different." Famous last words.

French pleaseee

All is audio no videos

Yeah, good documentary overall, but Houdini, the world's first sex symbol? Uh, I don't think so...

They missed a few things. Robert Houdin claimed to have invented all of his effects when in fact like everyone else he built on the inventions of others. For example the orange tree is based on the Mango production done by Indian street magicians for time immemorial. The rest of that, the appearance of marked objects in oranges is as old as magic. Mind reading is also ancient.An old book I once read reveals a code (part of one) used in the 18th century. Houdin probably got the principal from a Gypsy and updated the code to suit his needs. Houdin's code was in French, Houdini's in English and the best I have seen, the three Campa brothers who each performs separately with his wife, being Mexican use Spanish. The Campa brothers claim to not be Gypsy but each of their wives does private readings, (fortune telling). You also missed why Houdini was so strongly against spiritualists. He was convinced that it was possible to communicate beyond the grave. One book says, contrary to the video that Houdini was under the Detroit River lost under the ice because the rope leading through the hole broke, when his mother died and that Houdini claimed that his mother's voice led him to the hole. True or not Houdini was convinced that it was possible to communicate with the dead and very upset that all he could find were frauds using the techniques he used himself. He had a prize offered to anyone who could prove actual communication with the dead. This inspired The Amazing Randi's ongoing million dollar challenge. Only Houdini wanted to pay and got more and more upset when no one earned it, and Randi is looking for publicity and does not expect to ever have to pay.

Don't break the handle now.

very cool thanks for sharing freely like i do ps you and everyone can make copies of my videos on facebook williamnp videos and youtube videoS Bill Green look up doug henning david copperfield melinda the pendragons champoins of magic walt disney night of magic sig frig and roy extc

No mention of Mr. Methane. That stinks.

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I wouldn’t be surprise if the founder of magic was a black man.

52:24 "A Magician Among the Spirits" (1924) written by Houdini. Exposing fraudulent spiritualist.

So if you think your life is Complete confusion Because your neighbor’s got it made Just remember that It’s a *grand illusion* And deep inside, we’re all the same.

16:25 wtf is that harry?

cool

amazing