The Acrobatic Fly
1910 film by F. Percy Smith
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The Acrobatic Fly (also known as The Balancing Bluebottle) is a 1910 British short silent documentary film, directed by F. Percy Smith, featuring close-ups of a housefly secured to the head of a match and juggling objects with its feet.[1] The film, "is one of a series of Smith films on similar subjects around this time," and according to Mark Duguid of the BFI is, "near identical to, though briefer than, a sequence in his 1911 release The Strength and Agility of Insects."[2]
Directed byF. Percy Smith
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Distributed byCharles Urban Trading Company
Release date
- 1910
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| Directed by | F. Percy Smith |
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| Distributed by | Charles Urban Trading Company |
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Running time | 3 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
