Boxing (1892)

Directed by

William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

documentary film, silent film, sport film, essay film

Country

United States

Runtime

41 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

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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)

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