Is the video true, on which Bruce Lee plays in a ping-pong nunchaki?

A video is popular on the Internet, on which the famous actor and martial arts master masterly uses Nunchaki as a ping-pound racket. We checked the reliability of this video.

In confirmed accounts of the REN-TV channel in Facebook* and in "VKontakte" A minute “rare record” called “Bruce Lee plays in the pong nunchaki” was published, in two social networks it was watched about 1.5 million times. At one time, the Express Gazeta Included A similar video in the selection "The coolest tricks of Bruce Lee, which no one can repeat."

The video in which Bruce Lee plays in the ping-pong nunchaki published on YouTube and in 2015, and c 2012, and even in 2008. The last of these videos is noteworthy for two reasons. Firstly, it gained 36 million views. Secondly, at the end of a 2.5-minute video for some reason, the Nokia N96 mobile phone was demonstrated, which I acted on sale almost 35 years after death The famous actor in 1973.

The appearance of this gadget in the video is no coincidence. The fact is that in 2008 Nokia Issued For the Hong Kong market, a special version of its new Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition phone. A doll depicting Bruce Lee, a stylish bracelet and a keychain in the form of nunchak were added to the standard configuration, and a portrait of a martial artist and his autograph were engraved on the rear cover of the phone. Also, several rare photographs of the actor and his dedicated theme were pre -uploaded to the phone for the interface.

Although the cost of the Nokia N96 Bruce Lee Edition is more than half the price for the usual version, the manufacturer did not provide for a special budget for the advertising campaign. Nevertheless, the JWT Beijing office, which was originally ordered only advertising directly for the sale points, proposed to shoot a viral video for promoting the phone. “We discussed with the director how to make it look like previously not visible secret shots with Bruce Lee. The director made a lot of effort to study it, and found the right understudy, ” - told AGENCY.ASIA portal creative director JWT Beijing Polly Chu.

Thus, the video, which on the Internet is often issued for real shooting with Bruce Lee, was shot several decades later after the actor’s death for advertising his mobile phone dedicated to him.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: Wikimedia Commons

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