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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film is an episode of Jim Hawthorne’s Funny World, a short comedy series that dates to 1960. Some of these shorts were used as interstitials in early television, when live shows might not be long enough to cover an hour. The show relied on amusing stock footage clips and Hawthorne's patented droll, gag-laced, dry narration. This one shows footage of a group of people looking for a needle in a haystack as part of a contest, footage of firefighters using some kind of foam generating system in the 1920s, (1:29) Victorian era silent comedy film footage of an actor getting his hand stuck on a sheet of fly paper. At (2:11), a man's bald head is inspected as part of some kind of pattern baldness or bald man club. At (2:50), blindfolded boxers are shown in the ring. At (3:34) some three card monte is shown with cups. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
