Underplayed Gems

Boxing (1892)

Boxing poster
Directed by
William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
documentary film, silent film, sport film, essay film
Country
United States
Runtime
41 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

This is an 1892 silent short film from the Edison Studios. It shows a boxing match but was never released to the public and is now a lost film. Only a few selected frames were ever published in a newspaper.

oldsilenthistoricunseenarchivalfragmentaryobscure

What happens

Boxing é um filme mudo estadunidense em curta-metragem de 1892, dirigido por William K.L. Dickson para o Edison Studios, de Thomas Edison. Apesar de encontrar-se em domínio público, hoje é considerado um filme perdido. De acordo com o IMDb, ele nunca chegou a ser exibido ao público. No entanto, alguns frames selecionados chegaram a ser publicados no jornal The Phonogram em 1892. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.