The World’s Championship Baseball Series of 1908
A film directed by , released in 1908.
Genre Sport
The Joe Gans vs. Battling Nelson Fight
A championship fight that took place in the Nevada goldfields between boxers Joe Gans and Battling Nelson.
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.
A Scrap in Black and White
Shows a young black boy and a white boy in a lively set-to. They finally collapse in the centre of the ring after they have fought themselves to a stand-still. The referee proceeds to count them both out, and the…
The Gans-McGovern Fight
With the exception of this film there are absolutely no genuine moving picture films representing genuine prize fights on the market. The prize fight films, so-called, are either taken by the fight promoters and retained by them for exhibition, not…
Casey at the Bat
“The umpire makes a decision that Casey doesn’t like, and an argument follows, during which Casey deftly trips him up, and continues the argument on the ground. The other players run from the bench and join in the rumpus. The…
Jeffries-Sharkey Contest
Twenty-five round fight.
The Ball Game
The Reading’s [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets…
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch Rector recorded the entire fight, simultaneously creating the world’s first known feature film, as the…
Wrestling Match
Early short film.
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