Cock Fight
AKA [Roosters] : {Cockfight}
(1894) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was shot in early March 1894. Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second.

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Synopsis: Two roosters are engaged in a cockfight in a small wire enclosed area while two men (and the shadow of a third) look on and gamble on the outcome.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Birds: Chickens (Roosters) - Cockfights - Gambling

Listing updated: 15 September 2007.

References: Film viewing : Geduld-Birth p. 21; Musser-Before p. 41; Musser-Emerge pp. 78, 600; Ramsaye-Million pp. 83, 107; Robertson-Guinness p. 3; Robinson-Palace pp. 46, 48; Tarbox-Lost p. 27.

Home Video: DVD.