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'Zepped' is a 1916 propaganda comedy[ short film about a German Zeppelin attack on London during the First World War. Charlie Chaplin appears in the film, although it is unlikely he himself was involved in the production.][ Making use of stop-motion animation,][ 'Zepped' may have used previously unknown outtakes of three][ or four][ earlier Chaplin films: 'His New Profession' (1914), 'A Jitney Elopement' (1915) and 'The Tramp' (1915), and according to Bonhams, 'By the Sea' (1915).
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Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old film reel tin on eBay for 3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the nitrate film inside.[ He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the 100,000 ($160,000) reserve price.][ The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011.]
Although a 1917 advertisement in the 'Manchester Film Renter' announced a trade viewing, it may only have been shown in Egypt.[ An October 1917 entry in the British Board of Film Censorship's Ledgers says it was "For Export Only", and a Ministry of Interior film censorship certificate displayed at the beginning of the film states it was "Passed for Exhibition in Egypt".][
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