The World’s Youngest Giant! (1936)

Titles read: ’The World’s YOUNGEST GIANT!’ Chicago, United States of America. C/U of an enormous foot in a shoe. A young woman measures the length and breadth of it. We then see that the foot belongs to 17-year-old Robert Wadlow, who is 8 feet four inches tall. He sits with two young women. Shot of Robert’s enormous feet with the dainty tootsies of the two girls beside him. His foot is as long as two of one of the girl’s. Robert stands against a wall with four young women either side of him. He really is incredibly tall. He puts his arms out to the side and the women all try to reach up and touch them. They all walk out of the doorway, with Robert having to duck down to get under it. Robert stands beside his 6 foot tall father. Cataloguer’s note: Robert is really treated as a freak. I think this item is melancholy, despite the jaunty soundtrack. See also PT 262 - ’The Long And The Short Of It’. 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 agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.