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Film, Video The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's) Prof. Welton's boxing cats

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About this Item

Title

  • The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's)

Other Title

  • Prof. Welton's boxing cats

Summary

  • Professor Welton presents an amusing fight between two trained cats wearing boxing gloves.

Names

  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production
  • Heise, William, camera
  • Welton, Henry, cast
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]

Headings

  • -  Cats--United States
  • -  Boxing--United States
  • -  Animal fighting--United States

Genre

  • Novelty films
  • Peep shows (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Duration: 0:20 at 27 fps.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 104-105; Raff & Gammon. Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 1 [MI].
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Featuring: Henry Welton.
  • -  Filmed in about July 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 33 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEC 8057 (viewing print)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694112

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Henry Welton, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. The boxing cats Prof. Welton's. produceds by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694112/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W., Welton, H., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Hendricks. (1894) The boxing cats Prof. Welton's. Dickson, W. K. -., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694112/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, et al. The boxing cats Prof. Welton's. prod by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694112/>.