• Short Summary

    Saxon Brown, reputedly strongest man in world, bends iron bars and lets 5 men stand on his chest.

  • Description

    Saxon Brown. Part of TAME GENTLEMEN PLEASE issue.

    Pathe Studios, London.

    Reputedly the strongest man in the world, Saxon Brown. Various shots of Saxon bending an iron bar with his teeth and bare hands. He has two assistants, Dorothy and Dulcie, who make comical remarks. We see Dorothy and Dulcie using chest expanders.

    Various shots of Saxon lying on a bed of nails, his assistants place a wooden board on his chest. We then see five men stand on the board. C/U of the nail indents left on Saxon's back.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1248.24
    Media URN:
    42222
    Group:
    New sound pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    30/12/1937
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:48:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:33:25:00 / 01:36:13:00
    Canister:
    NSP 92

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