Strange Playmates

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

884-1

Date Released

2 Aug 1928

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Britain’s Champion
2. 2Durham Miners Gala
3. 3Fast & Furious Fun
4. 4A Full Dress Rehearsel [Sic]
5. 5See-Saw Cycling
6. 6Strange Playmates
7. 7Sunshine’s Shyness at Goodwood

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "An experiment designed to show whether a chimpanzee is ‘human’ enough to like a dog." Chimpanzee in an enclosure lifts up a small dog. Various shots of chimpanzee playing with dog in its cage. Playing chase. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Or a cat". A monkey looking at a cat eating out of its tray. They play together.

Keywords

Animals

Length of story (in feet)

65

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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