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Strange Pets and their Tricks

1920s , Southwold (Suffolk)

Cat no. 145

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Mr. Hill's Zoo is home to some very talented animals.

The film shows various shots of Mr. Hill's Zoo for Small Animals, at Southwold. Firstly a rabbit is seen towing a carriage carrying a pigeon along a track. Then a parrot, carrying a Union Jack, tows a tabby cat. Finally, mice are seen on a roundabout and a big wheel, watched by a dog

Intertitles

Cab sir? (You can take your choice of driver.) When the cat's away the mice will play - with the dog as audience.

Background Information

Mr. F. Hill was an undertaker and cabinet maker. Over the years his menagerie contained jackdaws, monkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs, gulls ravens, duck, budgerigars, bantams, doves, owls and baboons. In 1934 he possessed a tortoise who was 109 years old. There was a local story, possibly a shaggy dog story, that he supplied the cockerel for the Pathe title sequences. Gaumont was founded as Gaumont Graphic in October 1910. It was issued bi-weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays. Gaumont Mirror began in February, 1927 and ran to March, 1931.

Manifestations

Strange Pets and their Tricks

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    Duration
    0:01:18
    Modification Date
    30/11/2015
    Parts
    Reference
    740130
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    0:01:18
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    30/11/2015
    Parts
    Reference
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    Unknown
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    Duration
    0:01:18
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    30/11/2015
    Parts
    Reference
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    INV352288
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
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    Dimension
    Duration
    0:00:50
    Modification Date
    27/11/2015
    Parts
    Reference
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    Barcode
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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
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    Duration
    0:00:50
    Modification Date
    27/11/2015
    Parts
    Reference
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  • Barcode
    INV288233
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    VP-447
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:02:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
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    INV??1375
    Canonical Identifier
    B-23
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
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    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562225
  • Activities
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    INV195359
    Canonical Identifier
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    Unknown
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    35mm full gate film
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    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    560750
    Sound
    silent

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