How It’s Done: The Niagara Falls Challenge
The shot really was unbroken, though obscured at key moments to let Copperfield switch out with a set of fake limbs. Since his cage obscured the rest of him, it was hard to tell they were fake. The camera followed the raft’s doomed journey while Copperfield sneaked off to the helicopter. He then flew in it down the waterfall, prepared to reappear triumphantly.