Leonard-Cushing Fight (1894)
- Directed by
- William Kennedy Dickson
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
A very old black-and-white silent film shows a staged boxing match with two men in a specially built ring at Edison's studio. Only a short fragment of the original footage exists today.
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What happens
The Leonard–Cushing Fight is an 1894 American short black-and-white silent film produced by William K.L. Dickson, starring Mike Leonard and Jack Cushing. Leonard and Cushing participated in a six-round boxing match under special conditions that allowed for it to be filmed and displayed on a Kinetoscope. The film was shot on an uncertain date between May 24 and June 14, 1894, in a specially configured ring at Edison's Black Maria film studio in West Orange, New Jersey, New Jersey. Premiering on August 4, 1894, in Manhattan, the film is considered the first sports film ever released. As of 2023, no full print of the film is known to have survived, making it partially lost. A 23-second fragment is available at the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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