Movie Description
The Boxing Kangaroo
(1896)Overview
The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 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 a young boy boxing with a kangaroo. 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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Birt Acres
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Facts
Original TitleThe Boxing Kangaroo
Status Released
Release Information
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1896-01-06
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 01m
Production CompaniesBirt Acres
Genres
- Documentary