Charles Elleano: High Wire Walker 1951

Here is the great, high wire walker, Charles Elleano, walking across the River Thames in London in 1951. He became the first person to complete a tightrope crossing over the Thames in nearly a century. He was the father of Olga Stey-Smart. Olga married David Smart, Billy Smart's son.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_B-rvZexL0&feature=share

Here is a photo of part of the tightrope wire that he walked on:

https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-61636/wire-tightrope-wire/