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Film, Video International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th, 1907

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th, 1907

Summary

  • This is an actual film of the heavyweight championship prize fight between Canadian, Tommy Burns (defender) and Australian, Bill Squires. The fight was labeled the shortest and fiercest prize fight on record up to that time.

Names

  • Miles, Herbert J., camera
  • Miles Brothers
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Miles Brothers, 1907.

Headings

  • -  Squires, Bill
  • -  Burns, Tommy,--1881-1955
  • -  Boxing--California--Albany

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Filmed boxing matches
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H96711 U.S Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Miles Brothers; 18Jul07; H96711.
  • -  Credit for cameraman from Niver's Early motion pictures, p. 161.
  • -  Duration: 2:40 at 18 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 2979) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Source used: Niver, Kemp R., Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 161-162.
  • -  [Cameraman, Herbert J. Miles?].
  • -  Filmed July 4, 1907 in Ocean View, California (now Albany, California).
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (235 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 3) 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (73 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 235 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 235 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 5491 (viewing print)
  • FLA 5976 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FEB 3106 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2698 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 2699 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FRA 2700 (dupe neg pic, copy 3)
  • FRB 0388 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0367C (paper pos)
  • Box 5248D (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00563597

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Miles, Herbert J., Camera, Miles Brothers, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th. United States: Miles Brothers, 1907. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00563597/.

APA citation style:

Miles, H. J., Miles Brothers, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1907) International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th. United States: Miles Brothers. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00563597/.

MLA citation style:

Miles, Herbert J., Camera, et al. International contest for the heavyweight championship--Squires vs. Burns, Ocean View, Cal., July 4th. United States: Miles Brothers, 1907. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00563597/>.