The Fight That Started the Movies: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film by Samuel Hawley

The Fight That Started the Movies: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film

Samuel Hawley

371 pages 2016

3 editions

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On March 17, 1897, in an open-air arena in Carson City, Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons fought for the heavyweight championship of the world. The contest was recorded by film pioneer Enoch Rector from inside an immense, human-powered camera called...

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