The Acrobatic Fly Explained

The Acrobatic Fly
Director:F. Percy Smith
Studio:Kineto
Distributor:Charles Urban Trading Company
Runtime:3 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:Silent

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Field Found For Moving Pictures. 27 February 1910. 1 June 2011. New York Times.
  2. Web site: The Acrobatic Fly (1910) . Mark . Duguid . BFIfilms YouTube channel . 29 January 2008. 2011-04-24 .