The Tree in a Test Tube
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.
From the archive
Laurel and Hardy demonstrate the uses of wood in this World War II film made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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The Tree in a Test Tube (1942) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Internet Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Charles McDonald
- Starring
- Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Lee Vickers, Pete Smith
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