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Lost Chaplin film discovered in $5 can bought on eBay

Source: The Independent
Dorchester : United Kingdom | 21 days ago  
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When Morace Park bought a can of nitrate film on eBay for $5, he was surprised to discover that it contained footage of Charlie Chaplin. The inventor was utterly astounded when his friend John Dwyer, a former member of the British Board of Film Classification, told him that he had discovered...
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  • News Source: Daily News & Analysis | 21 days ago
    Inside the antique was a reel of a seven-minute film Charlie Chaplin in Zepped . Park went on to search for clues on the web but he realised that the film was previously unknown. "I couldn't find any sign of it on the Internet," Timesonline quoted...
  • News Source: The Independent | 21 days ago
    When Morace Park bought a can of nitrate film on eBay for $5, he was surprised to discover that it contained footage of Charlie Chaplin. The inventor was utterly astounded when his friend John Dwyer, a former member of the British Board of Film...
  • News Source: The Guardian | 21 days ago
    Morace Park was footling around on eBay looking for antiques when he stumbled on an item that was listed casually as an "old film" – and even then he was really more interested in the tin it was in. "It had a lovely look to it," said Park.
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