The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight is an 1897 documentary film directed by Enoch J Rector, a former member of the Kinetoscope Exhibition Company, of a boxing St Patrick's Day match between James J Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada. The Original film ran an estimated seventy-five minutes (or up to 100) at a time when most films were just one minute in length. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/03/17 | Bob Fitzsimmons | Boxer | James J Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons box fourteen rounds in Carson City, Nevada on St Patrick's Day. | Carson City | Nevada | ||
| 1897/03/18 | Wyatt Earp | Special Reporter | Wyatt Earp reports on the Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight for The New York World on March 14 and March 18. | Carson City | Nevada | ||
| 1897/03/18 | New York World | Publisher | Wyatt Earp reports on the Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight for The New York World on March 14 and March 18. | Carson City | Nevada | ||
| 1897/05/22 | "The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight" makes it premieres at the New York Academy of Music (razed). Accompanied by commentary, film ran into June. | ||||||
| 1898/04/00 | Irish Audiences Watch Their First US Feature: The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight film plays to large crowds at Lyric Theatre of Varieties, Burgh Quay, Dublin (razed). | Dublin | Province of Leinster |
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