The Nature Fakir Comes to Grief (1908) watch online HD

An eccentric old scientist who is collecting bugs and butterflies is making a strong endeavor to capture one of the little creatures with a net, but unfortunately he comes too near the ... See full summary

An eccentric old scientist who is collecting bugs and butterflies is making a strong endeavor to capture one of the little creatures with a net, but unfortunately he comes too near the brink of a stream and tumbles in. He squirms around and would have drowned, if not for the quick action of a group of soldiers who happen to be standing near at the time of the mishap. They hasten to his rescue, and after dragging him out, take him to the barracks, where he is given a dry uniform to don while his own outfit is drying. Not realizing that he is in the uniform of a private, he starts out and is about to pass one of the officers, who mistakes him for an insolent soldier, and remonstrates with him for not saluting his superior officer. The fellow shows tight and immediately is placed under arrest and sent to the guard house, where his aesthetic appearance is soon changed by having his long hair cut, and he is fed on bread and water till he submits to the rules and discipline of the army. ...

Original French title is undetermined.

Released in the US as a split reel along with A Dear Old Grandma (1908).