Oct 24, 1942
10 min
Full-HD

Famous Boners (1942)

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Edward McWade

Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Isaac Newton (uncredited)

Joe Yule

George O'Flanagan (uncredited)

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Famous Boners (1942)

John Nesbitt

Margaret Bert

Edward McWade

Ian Wolfe

Joe Yule