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How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game (1906)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 5M

Director : Edwin S. Porter

Synopsis

An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.

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Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter
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