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3 of 9 - Billy McComb is helped into the aluminium coffin
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3 of 9 - Billy McComb is helped into the aluminium coffin
3 of 9 - Billy McComb is helped into the aluminium coffin, whilst his wife June lights the flame. In the next frames, we shall see June ignite the coffin ablaze.
June and Billy McComb - husband and wife magic act from the 1950s and 1960s.
June roasts her husband on live TV.
Picture shows a sequence of 9 pictures from their magic act.
Rehearsal for BBC TV at The Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Television show called " ITs Magic". 1956
June McComb places her husband Billy McComb in an aluminium coffin. She sets it alight, and when it is unfolded Billy has burned to a skeleton. However, somehow he has escaped and the couple are re-united for picture 8 and 9 where June kissing him hello again, and we see the soot marks on his cheek. A happy ending.
Picture taken 6th November 1956
George Greenwell
Daily Mirror
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London
Greater London
England
H 8981
Media ID 21751201
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1956 Billy Mccomb Coffin Hammersmith Husband Illusion Its Magic June Mccomb Magic Magician Riverside Studio
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