Through the Telescope

Edison summary: An old gentleman is shown on a village street, looking for something through a field glass. Suddenly, he levels the glass on a young couple coming up the road. The girl's shoe string came loose, and her companion volunteers to tie it. Here the scene changes, showing how it looks through the old man's glass. A very pretty ankle at short range. Scene changes back again and shows the old fellow tickled to death over the sight. The couple, who, by the way, caught "Peeping Tom," come toward him, and as the young man passes behind him, he knocks off his hat and kicks the stool on which he is sitting, from under him, making the old chap present a rather ludicrous appearance, as he sits in the street.
       Biograph summary: The Professor brings his telescope to bear on a young couple who have dismounted from their wheels in the distance. The young man is tying the young lady's shoe-lace. The picture shows what the professor saw through the telescope, and afterwards what the young man did to the professor. A very laughable subject.