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Boxing Kangaroo (film)

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Boxing Kangaroo
Directed byMax Skladanowsky
Produced byMax Skladanowsky
StarringMr. Delaware
CinematographyMax Skladanowsky
Distributed bySkladanowsky (Berlin)
Release date
  • 1 November 1895 (1895-11-01)
CountryGerman Empire
LanguageSilent

Boxing Kangaroo (German: Das Boxende Känguruh) is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, which features a kangaroo boxing against a man against a white background at the Circus Busch. The film, which premiered at the first public projection of motion pictures in Germany on 1 November 1895 (1895-11-01), was filmed on 35 mm film and is 18 feet in length.[1][2]

The "groundbreaking production", was, according to WildFilmHistory, "a huge success", which, "despite being intended for entertainment rather than as a scientific behaviour study", "revealed animal actions in a way that had never been seen before", and, "exposed the potential for future films concerning wildlife and natural history".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Das BOXENDE KÄNGURUH". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Das Boxende Känguruh". WildFilmHistory. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
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