January 19, 1946
This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
March 5, 2016
In the pitch darkness a man cannot see anything. Only light source is a light lit with a match by someone else. The light is lit and put out. This repeats sometime and eventually the man makes up his mind.
June 18, 1913
Report from a fire in a match factory on June 16, 1913.