Asking Father For Daughter’s Hand (1912)

Unused / unissued material - Early film - “Asking Father For Daughter’s Hand“. Two lovers agree to marry, but the man has to ask the father for his daughter’s hand in marriage. The father insists that has to prove himself before being allowed to marry his fiancee, he goes riding in a wagon across level crossing in front of train causing a crash, jumping across lift bridge on a bicycle and riding a race horse. The fiancee brings back a piece of paper showing what he has done and the father agrees to the match. 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 (1