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WATER BABY!

Date released

26 Jan 1928

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1758

NoS ID

386366

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Five year old girl swimming prodigy who can ‘rescue’ her 200 lb. mother and swim with her arms and legs tied.

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Musical Dog

Date released

2 Dec 1929

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

26

NoS ID

002288

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Musical Dog. SHOTLIST: Canine prodigy conducts jazz orchestra rendering popular tune. Alsatian dog stands on hind legs and conducts.

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Blind Boy Pianist Gets Big Chance

Date released

8 Mar 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1463

NoS ID

039514

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Boy prodigy, blind from birth, plays to American airmen who are sending him to US for musical education.

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A Swimming Prodigy

Date released

20 Oct 1919

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

81

NoS ID

346906

Story no

3 / 4

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Three Year Old Prodigy - Such Poise

Date released

3 Sep 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2349

NoS ID

044578

Story no

7 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Baby elephant perfects trick of standing on one leg.

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Prodigy with a Paintbrush

Date released

22 Apr 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1768

NoS ID

025070

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prodigy With a Paintbrush. DESCRIPTION: This exhibition in London is the work of eleven-year-old Senaka Senanayake who has already won international acclaim. Sophistication far beyond...

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Boy Violinist Wins Fame at Age of Nine

Date released

7 Dec 1931

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

131

NoS ID

003353

Story no

5 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boy Violinist Wins Fame Grisha Goluboff. DESCRIPTION: Grisha Goluboff, musical prodigy, is starred with National Orchestra of New York. SHOTLIST: Shot of boy playing with orchestra and...

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Prodigy

Date released

25 Mar 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

407A

NoS ID

007454

Story no

5 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eleven Year Old Girl Check Mates Every Chess Competitor. DESCRIPTION: Eleven year old girl check mates every Chess Competition. SHOTLIST: Shot of the chessmen. Girl playing blindfold...

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A Girl Prodigy

Date released

28 Sep 1922

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

69

NoS ID

330819

Story no

1 / 5

NoS Summary - The issue opens with an interview with a young girl of eight, who performs all kinds of swimming and diving feats. Pathe Intertitles - "There aren’t many girls who can jump into a river,...

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Cecilia Colledge - The Skating Ace

Date released

21 Feb 1935

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

298A

NoS ID

005409

Story no

9 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cecilia Colledge. the Skating Ace. DESCRIPTION: Introducing fourteen year old Cecilia Britain’s new skating prodigy. SHOTLIST: Shot of Cecilia with mother. The mother speaks of her...

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