Tallest Man In History - 8ft+ (1935)

Titles read: “The LONG and the SHORT OF IT!“ Illinois, United States of America. Various shots of the extremely tall 17-year-old Robert Wadlow. He stands beside a house and we see a measuring chart being uncovered beside him, showing his height between the age of 12 (7’) and 17 (8’ 1 1/2“!). We see Robert standing with his family, who don’t come up any further than his waist. C/Us of a woman’s foot and head beside his, to show the extreme difference in size. C/U and M/S of Robert filming his family with the Pathe News camera. Note: the tone of this story is rather light and jokey, but I think it is quite sad - poor Robert! FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news a