The 3-minute-long silent film, titled “Ringling Bros. Parade Film,” is part of a class of 25 films recently added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.
INDIANAPOLIS — A film shot in Indianapolis in 1902 that captures a menagerie of Ringling Bros. circus animals parading through the city’s downtown has landed a spot on the National Film Registry., titled “Ringling Bros. Parade Film,” is part of a class of 25 films recently added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.
When announcing this year’s class of films on Dec. 14, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said Black residents seen along the parade route factored in the movie’s selection for the National Film Registry. “African Americans were rarely shown in films of that era, and then only in caricature or mocking depictions,” Hayden said.
An Oakland, California, couple who said they found the film in their basement in the 1970s donated it to the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, California, in 2011. David Kiehn, the museum’s historian, identified the film’s date and place, and the museum’s restored version of the film was posted to YouTube in October 2020, with the tale of Kiehn’s detective work.“It was in pretty good shape when we got it,” he said. “It’s held up pretty well.”
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