The Acrobatic Fly (1910)
- Directed by
- F. Percy Smith
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A close-up film shows a housefly that is tied to a match head while it moves objects with its feet. It was made by F. Percy Smith in 1910 and is similar to a longer sequence he made the following year.
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What happens
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. 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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Fresh Air Fiend (1910)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.