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Grandma's Reading Glass(1900)
Status: Released
Date: 1900-11-01
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76 Votes
Time: 0h 1m
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A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.
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United Kingdom
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George Albert Smith Films
Movie: Grandma's Reading Glass
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A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.
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1900-11-01
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