“They Do Start Early In America“ (1931)

Full title reads: “They do start early in America. Yes Sir, meet 5-year-old Eric N. Compton of New York.“ New York, United States of America (USA). A man introduces us to a young boy - Eric Compton - who can reads and pronounce long words at the age of five. This somewhat precocious child proceeds to read words like - Heterophemistically and antidisestablishmentarianism. (Whether he knows what they mean is another question - MD). Intertitle reads: “Baby girls too! - when they even have an annual doll championship!!“ Young children (mainly girls) in fancy dress parade - some are pushing dolls in prams. Some of the children look barely old enough to push the pram one looks rather too old to be in this kind of contest. Close shot of young girls dressed in old fashioned costume with her dolly. Shot of the smallest and largest competitor with their dolls. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS,