The World's Tallest Man: Robert Wadlow 8'11" aka the Alton Giant (1936) | British Pathé

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Documents the life of Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history, and the medical condition that caused his extreme height.

Linked by 10 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including wikipedia.org, ibtimes.co.uk, who2.com, mdig.com.br, altonhigh65.com.

Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including Robert Wadlow.