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Seeing the World

192726 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

A teacher's European holiday becomes an ordeal when his unruly pupils accompany him. Famous sights in Italy, Britain and France provide the setting for disruptions that culminate at the Eiffel Tower.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
26:06
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Anthony Mack / Hal Roach Studios / Pathé Exchange · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsAnthony MackRobert F. McGowan

Behind the scenes

James Finlayson plays the teacher in this Our Gang comedy, with a brief appearance by Stan Laurel. The journey is framed as a dream.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

  • Joe Cobb — Alfred T. Palmer, Farm Security Administration; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsa.8d42890 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain
  • Jackie Condon — Robert F. McGowan; Dogs of War at archive.org · Public domain
  • Jean Darling — Uncredited; https://archive.org/stream/hollywoodfilmogr101holl#page/n73/mode/2up · Public domain
  • Johnny Downs — unknown · Public domain
  • Allen Hoskins — Unknown author; photograph described and licensed on the linked Wikimedia Commons file page. · Public domain

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