Film Record: Rope Trick, The

Identifier:

• 4102 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1938

Filmmaker(s):

S Jepson

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:06:00

Length:

150 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"A record of the Indian rope trick, with magician, attendant and boy who apparently climbs the straightened rope and disappears. The boy is restored and tribute exacted from the crowd." (EAFA Database)

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Fairs

Genre:

• Comedy

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

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