Donkey Visits Sick Friend

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
164
Date Released
17 Feb 1958
Date recorded
17 Jan 1958
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: The most difficult thing to combat when a child has been in bed for a long time is lack of friends. Well, here’s one ten-year-old who can enter a sick room without much fear of contracting childish infections - meet Jack, the donkey, who climbs two flights of stairs to visit his inseparable two-legged companion David Leonard, son of Jack’s owner.
Keywords
Children; Animals
Locations
England; Middlesex Hospital
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Donkey Visits Sick Friend', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 164, 17 Feb 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120514 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)