Boxing Chimps Also In Cp 002 Int’l (1955)

Bertram Mills Circus, location unknown. High angle shot of a chimpanzee “Pepe“ in a boxing ring. Another chimp sits outside the ring on a high chair. A man dressed as a referee approaches Pepe and takes out a small bat hidden in his dressing gown. M/S of chimp in the other corner. There is a girl chimp dressed as a nurse sitting beside the ring. The refs goes to check the gloves of the other chimp - Billy. Pepe starts hitting the referee. The nurse chimp sticks her tongue out at the referee. Ref. helps Pepe to take his dressing gown off, nurse “Janet“ does the same for the other chimp. “Why do these women always interfere?“ asks the narrator. High angle shot of two young chimpanzees sitting at a desk. One holds a small hand bell. The other claps his hands. High angle shot of the chimps fighting. The two young chimps applaud. The referee is named: William Lenz of Holland. Various shots of the fight - they aren’t hitting each other very hard - they are playing really. One of the young chi