Underplayed Gems

Billy Edwards and the Unknown (1895)

Billy Edwards and the Unknown poster
Directed by
William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former boxer steps into a ring with an unknown opponent for a short demonstration match. They fight five rounds each lasting 20 seconds while a crowd stands around watching.

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What happens

Billy Edwards and the Unknown je americký němý film z roku 1895. Režiséry a producenty jsou William Kennedy Dickson (1860–1935) a William Heise (1847–1910). Natáčení probíhalo v roce 1895 ve studiu Černá Marie pomocí Edisonova kinetoskopu. Film trvá necelou půlminutu a zobrazuje zápas Billyho Edwardse s neznámým boxerem, přezdívaným Warwick. Trenér boxu a sportovní novinář Billy Edwards, bývalý boxer, přijal výzvu neznámého boxera, přezdívaného Warwick, aby se zúčastnil demonstračního boxerského zápasu. Zápas trval pět kol, každé po 20 sekundách. Zápasu přihlíželo publikum, které se ke sledování zápasu postavilo kolem ringu. Přežila pouze jedna nahrávka jednoho kola. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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