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Corbett vrs Fitzsimmons Fight/The Movie

Posted: 26 Jul 2008, 16:46
by Brutu
I read recently that the famous James J. Corbett vrs Bob Fitzsimmons fight of March.17.1897 held in Carson City NV was originally released as a full(and the first) feature length movie on 63 mm film gauge by Veriscope and premiered in NYC May.22.1897.
My question is how much of the 100 minute features survives?
Any original negatives or original prints exist?

Re: Corbett vrs Fitzsimmons Fight/The Movie

Posted: 28 Jul 2008, 11:51
by UpWithEvil
Brutu wrote:I read recently that the famous James J. Corbett vrs Bob Fitzsimmons fight of March.17.1897 held in Carson City NV was originally released as a full(and the first) feature length movie on 63 mm film gauge by Veriscope and premiered in NYC May.22.1897.
My question is how much of the 100 minute features survives?
Any original negatives or original prints exist?
I own around 30 minutes of footage in total, which includes pre-fight introductions and the full 14th round. After the fight is over you can see a young Jim Jeffries climb through the ropes to assist Corbett.