DescriptionJames J Corbett 1894.ogv	English: This fight consists of six rounds, each round on a film 150 feet long. It is not a fac-simile [sic] or a "fake" of any description, but an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courtney.
Date	17 November 1894
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Author	William Heise
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Summary

Corbett and Courtney before the Kinetograph / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, W.K.L. Dickson.

http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/edmp/4022.mpg

OTHER TITLES Title in F.M. Prescott and Edison catalogs: Corbett-Courtney fight

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Kinetoscope Exhibiting Co., 1894.

SUMMARY From F.M. Prescott catalog: This fight consists of six rounds, each round on a film 150 feet long. It is not a fac-simile [sic] or a "fake" of any description, but an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courtney. The films are listed as "1st Round," "2nd Round," "3rd Round," "4th Round," "5th Round," and "6th Round"... Price, 45.00 each.

From Edison films catalog: This is not a fac-simile [sic] or a fake of any description, but an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courteney [sic]. The fight consists of six rounds, each round contains 150 feet. Price, each round, 22.50.

NOTES Copyright: Wm. K. L. Dickson; 17Nov1894; 53707.

Performers: James J. Corbett, Peter Courtney.

Camera, William Heise.

LC copy of film is apparently only one partial round of the original six rounds.

Duration: 0:08 at 30 fps.

MAVIS 49242.

Filmed September 7, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 114-122; F.M. Prescott. Latest Edison films for projecting machines, June 1897, p. 2; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 51.

Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.