It Must Run In The Family Aka Like Father Like Son (1926)
Folkestone, Kent. Title: Like Father, like Son Climbing Church Spires has no terrors for little Dennis Green 10 years old son of wellknown local Steeplejack, William Green. M, S of a boy Dennis hanging from a ladder leaning on a church wall, a man William tugs at a thick safety belt attached to the boys waist, a woman (Dennis s mother) watches. Dennis starts to climb the ladder. L, S of two figures climbing the tall spire of a church. Various M, Ss of the small figure of young Dennis reaching the top of the spire to touch the weather cock, wave at the camera and dangling from the ladder by one arm. Intertitle: Mother, Father Son, Steeplejack all Low angled M, S of Mrs. Green, William and Dennis waving at the camera from the ladder secured to the spire. Low angled L, S of the steeplejack family climbing down the ladder. Low angled shot of the family balancing by one arm from the ladder attached to the outside wall of the church. C, U of the Green family. FILM
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