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Initial release 1895 | 3.1/5 Mubi Release date 1895 (1895) Director Birt Acres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Birt AcresRobert W. Paul Similar Crude Set Drama, The Arrest of a Pickpocket, The Derby, Boxing Match; or - Glove Co, The Boxing Kangaroo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul's peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another dancing in a costume. The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.
Current status
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.
References
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA