22 May 1962

Ref: BGY504190224

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ITALY: ROME: 8-FOOT HIGH MAN CLAIMS TO BE WORLD'S TALLEST


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THE CENTRE (OR HEIGHT) OF ATTENTION IN ROME MAY 21 WAS NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD SULEIM ALI NASHNUSH FROM TRIPOLI. FOR MR. SULEIM ALI WHO DWARFED THE CROWD OF JOURNALISTS INTERVIEWING HIM, IS JUST OVER 8 FEET TALL ..
PROBABLY THE TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD, MR. SULEIM ALI WEIGHS 330 LBS AND WEARS AN OUTSIZE SHOE. FOR THE LAST YEAR HE HAS BEEN UNDER MEDICAL CARE IN A ROMAN CLINIC - DOCTORS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY OF STOPPING HIS GROWTH.

MR. SULEIM ALI IS RECOVERING FROM A SLIGHT OPERATION TO HIS HEEL, MEANWHILE HE HAS ALREADY BEEN BOOKED BY A LOCAL BASKET BALL TEAM.
















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Time code
Date original 21 MAY 1962
Duration 1.05
Technical 16MM/NEG.
Subset Reuters TV - RTV Post 1957
Location ROME, ITALY
Sound
Colourbw B/W














1.
 SV. MR. SULEIM ALI SHAKES HANDS WITH REPORTER.
 0.08
2.
 SCU. SULEIM ALI.
 0.15
3.
 SCU. REPORTER TALKS TO ALI, ALI TOUCHES REPORTERS CHIN.
 0.23
4.
 CU. ALI'S HAND COMPARED WITH HAND OF NORMAL MAN.
 0.29
5.
 SCU. SHAKING HANDS.
 0.32
6.
 CU. ALI'S FEET, COMPARED WITH FEET OF NORMAL MAN.
 0.36
7.
 SCU. CAMERAMAN CLIMBS LADDER TO GET C/U OF ALI.
 0.43
8.
 FULL CU..ALI.
 0.45
9.
 SBV. CAMERAMAN SHOOTS FROM TO OF LADDER.
 0.50
10.
 CU.ALI'S HAND, MAN PUTS HIS HAND ON TOP TO COMPARE.
 0.57
11.
 SV. ALI SHAKES HANDS WITH NURSE AND WAVES.
 1.05





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