The Boxing Kangaroo
The Boxing Kangaroo
1896, English. Directed by Birt Acres.
The Boxing Kangaroo is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film, produced and directed by Birt Acres for exhibition on Robert W. Paul’s peep show Kinetoscopes, featuring a young boy boxing with a kangaroo. The film was considered lost until footage from an 1896 Fairground Programme, originally shown in a portable booth at Hull Fair by Midlands photographer George Williams, donated to the National Fairground Archive was identified as being from this film.
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- 0h 1m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 6 January 1896
- Country
- United Kingdom
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The Boxing Kangaroo runs 1 minutes (0h 1m).
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Which OTT platform is The Boxing Kangaroo on?
The Boxing Kangaroo isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 January 1896. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Boxing Kangaroo?
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Who directed The Boxing Kangaroo?
The Boxing Kangaroo (1896) was directed by Birt Acres.