The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

by Enoch J. Rector, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons

$5,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

N.p. Veriscope, 1897. Vintage fragment from a 63mm film print of the 1897 boxing match between Gentleman Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons. The fragment consists of six frames depicting the fighters in a clinch. At over 100 minutes, the film is the first feature film release in world history, and, with an aspect ratio of 1.65:1, the first widescreen film ever produced. Though fragments such as this survive, the film in its entirety

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