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Topical Budget 747-1: The Spell of Jazz (1925)
 

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17/12/1925
35mm, black and white, 39 feet
 
Production CompanyTopical Film Company

In an American zoo, a jazz band plays for the polar bears.

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Filmed in an unidentified American zoo, this delightful item shows its polar bears being entertained by a visiting jazz band, complete with high-kicking dancer. It's hard to interpret the bears' reaction, but they're certainly diverted (though more likely completely bemused).

Michael Brooke

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A Very Topical Year: 1925