History
Overview
This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast & Characters
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Paul Langton
John Walker (uncredited)
Jacqueline White
Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)
Directors & Crew
C
Cy Endfield
Director
J
John Nesbitt
Producer
C
Charles Larson
Writer
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