| “THEY DO START EARLY IN AMERICA” A super reading 5 year old and a dolls parade - | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5445 |
| Catalog #: | 52736 | |
| Clip Number: | 52736-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31/25 | |
| Timecode: | 01.47.15 - 01.49.38 | |
| Location: | New York, United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Misc. AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Skills CONTESTS: Children LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York State | |
| Description: | GAZETTE “They do start early in America. Yes Sir, meet 5-year-old Eric N. Compton of New York.” New York, United States of America (USA). A man introduces us to a young boy - Eric Compton - who can reads and pronounce long words at the age of five. This somewhat precocious child proceeds to read words like - Heterophemistically and antidisestablishmentarianism. Intertitle reads: “Baby girls too! - when they even have an annual doll championship!!” Young children (mainly girls) in fancy dress parade - some are pushing dolls in prams (stroller, baby carriage). Some of the children look barely old enough to push the pram one looks rather too old to be in this kind of contest. Close shot of young girls dressed in old fashioned costume with her dolly. Shot of the smallest and largest competitor with their dolls. | |
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