Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay

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. But the contents of the battered container, which he bought for the princely sum of £3.20, have turned out to be a previously unknown film by Charlie Chaplin...

The film may be a propaganda film made during World War 1, it shows Chaplin making fun of Zeppelins which at the time were bombing Britain and causing a lot of terror and anger (if not that much damage).

Update : this article has more details about what is contained in the film.