Wrestling (1892)

Directed by

William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

documentary film, silent film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

3.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men wrestle in a dark room while the camera records their match. The film is a short black and white silent documentary from 1892.

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What happens

Wrestling est un court métrage documentaire en noir et blanc américain réalisé en 1892 par William Kennedy Laurie Dickson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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