A Five Year Old Prodigy (1930)

Note: The location of the events in this item is unknown. Full titles read: “A YEAR OLD PRODIGY ! Meet little Ruth Slenczynski, who has surprised musical critics by her playing Beethoven.“ L/S of elderly gentleman sitting with the little girl. The man asks her what she is going to play. She replies that she is going to play a “... minuet in G major by Beethoven.“ L/S’s and M/S’s of Ruth playing grand piano perfectly. 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.