Rare & Alternative Perspectives of Iconic Events and Places In History

Batman & Robin, BTS 1966

In the 1960s, the Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the dynamic duo Batman and Robin was a huge hit with audiences. 

One of the show's most memorable scenes involved Batman and Robin scaling the side of a building. The scene was filmed using a technique called "bat-climbing," which involved filming the actors on a horizontal surface and then rotating the camera to create the illusion that they were climbing vertically up the side of a building. The actors were suspended by wires and had to move in a way that looked natural and convincing.

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