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The Tree in a Test Tube - Watch Legally and Safely

The Tree in a Test Tube

Countries: USA,
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Year: 1943
Runtime:5 mins
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Stan and Ollie are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries. Stan and Ollie then begin to open their pockets and briefcase, pulling out a variety of things that derive from the tree. The narrator talks all the way through this short film (about 7 minutes long). The idea is that scientists can put everything that comes from the tree into one test tube.

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Oliver Hardy     , Pete Smith     , Stan Laurel