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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Grandma's Reading Glass |
| Date | 1900 |
| Document Type | Film |
| Library/Archive | BFI National Archive |
| Collection | Victorian Compilation |
| Notes | Black and white. |
| Topics | film, silent, special effect |
| Producer | G. A. Smith |
| Production Company | G. A. Smith |
| Duration | 00:01:34 |
| Genre | comedy |
| Description | A boy examines a series of items with his grandmother's reading glass. Irised cut in shot scans a newspaper and settles on an advert for Bovril. The boy then picks off the back of a watch and inspects the mechanism. An irised shot of the watch mechanism. The boy then takes the glass to the birdcage. An irised shot of the bird inside the cage. He then looks at his grandmother's face. Close-up irised shot of his grandmother's eye. Grandmother then holds a cat in her workbasket for her grandson to look at. Close-up of the cat in an irised shot. |
| Copyright | BFI National Archive |