Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs

Performing Animals;; or, Skipping Dogs
	Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Birt Acres
Produced by	Birt Acres; Robert W. Paul;
Cinematography	Birt Acres
Release date	1895;
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

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.[1]

Current status

Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet.

References

"A brief History: A 1896 Fairground Programme - The George Williams Collection". Europa Film Treasures. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

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[1] "A brief History: A 1896 Fairground Programme - The George Williams Collection". Europa Film Treasures. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.