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This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
Top Cast
John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
Paul Langton as John Walker (uncredited)
Jacqueline White as Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)
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