The World’s Tallest Man (1925)

A man who is 8ft 10 inches tall is the subject of this film. His chest measures 61 inches. His name is John Aason and he is 23 years old and weighs 36 stone. (These intertitles all at the beginning of the film before we see the giant man.) Aason really does look huge as he shakes hands with his tailor - he is a giant of a man. The tall man takes his jacket off so that the tailor can measure him. A step ladder has to be bought in so that the tailor can get high enough to take measurements. We see the man having his chest measured, his waist and his back are also measured. We then see the tailor measure his inside leg and the width of the bottom of his trousers. C/U of someone stepping out of one of the giant’s shoes (he has had both feet in one of the tall man’s shoes). Was Pathe Pictorial item. Safety print exists. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.