Robert Ripley draws and shows movies to train passengers. Highlights include an Indian guide who carried a piano on his back over Chilkoot Pass in Alaska, a Manchurian lady with very long eyelashes, a huge balancing boulder, a massive collection of horseshoes, a wooden flower garden, a merry-go-round lunch counter, chickens with featherless wings, and various curiosities collected from his North Africa tour, including a trip to the Great Pyramid.
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If you have a thing for old newsreels or just enjoy feeling like you’re trapped in a 1930s waiting room, Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6 is exactly what you want. You probably won't watch this for the plot because there isn't one. It’s just Ripley on a train, showing off stuff. If you hate being bored, skip it. If...
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"If you have a thing for old newsreels or just enjoy feeling like you’re trapped in a 1930s waiting room, Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6 is exactly what you want. You probably won't watch this for the plot because there isn't one. It’s just Ripley on a train, showing off stuff. If you hate being bored, skip it. If you like weird trivia and grainy black-and-white footage of a spider fighting a lizard, you’re in for a treat. The whole thing feels like a fever dream. One minute you’re looking..."
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