Battle of the Barrels
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The Battle of the Barrels is a transportation illusion also known as Barricaded Barrels or Through the Eye of the Needle.
The illusion consists of two topless/bottomless barrels openly displayed on castered open framework supports. A beautiful swimsuit-clad lady assistant then climbs inside a barrel and Wooden bulls-eye targets are affixed to either end. The second barrel is shown empty sealed on one end and then four solid metal bars are fixed across its opposite end.
The end of the lady assistant's barrel is placed against the barred opening of the empty barrel for a brief moment. As the barrels are again separated the assistant can now be seen through the four solid metal bars.
[edit] References
[www.magicgettogether.com/Abbotts_onscreen.pdf 26th Illustrated & Descriptive catalogue of Magic page 218] (PDF). Abbots. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
