Tallest Man In History - 8ft+ (1935)

Titles read: "The LONG and the SHORT OF IT!"
Illinois, United States of America.
Various shots of the extremely tall 17-year-old Robert Wadlow. He stands beside a house and we see a measuring chart being uncovered beside him, showing his height between the age of 12 (7') and 17 (8' 1 1/2"!).
We see Robert standing with his family, who don't come up any further than his waist. C/Us of a woman's foot and head beside his, to show the extreme difference in size. C/U and M/S of Robert filming his family with the Pathe News camera.
Note: the tone of this story is rather light and jokey, but I think it is quite sad - poor Robert!
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[@1969MARKETING]

he's one of the few that didn't have a "claimed" height. he was literally 8' 11" tall when he died.

[@radicalstreet7029]

Damn dude that man was beyond tall.

[@ckobo84]

Size 35 shoe? Where do you even get a size 35 shoe, when I tried to get a pair they were sold out.

[@billsmith281]

The cicus clown shop........ypur welcome

[@artemisolympius2708]

Get one custom made. He also had to get his clothes custom tailored. And I think his bed was customized for his size.

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

By the time of his passing, he wore size 44s!👍✌️

[@zombiefulci3301]

Robert was the tallest giant but also most normal looking, Sultan Kosen looks extremely distorted and he's a foot shorter

[@coreosad2261]

nah only 9 inches shorter

[@zombiefulci3301]

@@coreosad2261 Robert was 9'2" in shoes, Sultan the Jerk Turk was measured in shoes at 8'2"

[@coreosad2261]

@@zombiefulci3301 robert was probably around 9.1 in shoes

[@eunaekim9216]

When the X-axis doesn't know what the Y-axis is doing...

[@ANGEL-po4by]

I want to measure 2.72

[@ivanrousseau5066]

I've always wanted to be talker, but I prefer being able to fit in a house ,and car, he could have gone crazy under theses conditions. But he handled if great. Much respect.

[@notoriouslystupid2770]

oooo

[@DagatSea2024]

😁

[@heinkle1]

The poor guy had died just 5 years later

[@Chilzz416]

oooo

[@YG67A]

oooo

[@crisprcas09]

oooo