- Title: P-212-47
- Summary: THEY WERE CHAMPIONS: HISTORY OF BOXING.
- Description:00:01:39 - PHOTO OF JOHN L. SULLIVAN, GREAT BOXER 00:01:49 - PHOTO OF JAMES J. CORBETT 00:01:57 - MOVIOLA MACHINE. 00:02:00 - CU OF HOW MACHINE WORKS. 00:02:05 - GENTLEMAN JIM BOXING.(JAMES CORBETT) 00:02:30 - PHOTO OF BOB FITSIMMONS. 00:02:38 - PHOTO OF JAMES J. JEFFRIES. 00:02:44 - JAMES JEFFRIES IN 1919 PETTING COW. 00:02:48 - 1945 AS REFEREE TO YOUNG BOYS. 00:03:01 - TENDING GARDEN. 00:03:11 - PHOTO OF MARVIN HART. 00:03:19 - PHOTO OF TOMMY BURNS 00:03:25 - JACK JOHNSON. GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER 00:03:31 - IN TRAINING. 00:03:44 - JESS WILLARD. OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATING FOR A CROWD. 1919. 00:03:54 - BEING TOWELED DOWN. 00:04:05 - JACK DEMPSEY. 00:04:11 - FLEXES MUSCLE 00:04:12 - VIEW OF HIS BACK AS HE EXERCISES 00:04:18 - IN TRAINING. OUTDOORS AS A CROWD WATCHES. 00:04:21 - HITS HUGE PUNCHING BAG. 00:04:25 - SPARRING. VICIOUS. HARD. 00:04:35 - BEING TOWELED DOWN 00:04:40 - JULY 2, 1921. JERSEY CITY. HUGE CROWD. 00:04:44 - MONTAGE OF STREET SCENES. MERCHANTS. CROWDS. EXCITEMENT. 00:04:54 - SIGN ANNOUNCING $20-$40 TICKETS. 00:04:56 - HUGE CROWD FOR DEMPSEY FIGHT. 80,000 PEOPLE 00:05:10 - RING DWARFED BY CROWD 00:05:14 - RUNNING CROWD. 00:05:18 - MOBBED BY FANS. 00:05:27 - GETTING FLOWERS FROM CHILDREN. 00:05:32 - BEFORE A CROWD. WAVING. 00:05:37 - WITH CHILDREN ON LAP. 00:05:43 - PLAYING AROUND WITH KIDS ON A LAWN. 00:05:56 - DEMPSEY PUTS ON MAKE UP FOR MOVIE. 00:06:09 - HAMMING IT UP FOR THE CAMERA. 00:06:14 - SLAPSTICK. 00:06:24 - WITH NEW WIFE, ESTELLE TAYLOR. 00:06:33 - BOXING 00:06:41 - KNOCKS AN OPPONENT OUT. 00:06:45 - GOOFING AROUND WITH OTHER BOXERS 00:06:51 - DEMPSEY AT 24, THE CHALLENGER 00:06:53 - AT 27, THE CHAMPION 00:06:57 - AT 31, BEATEN BY GENE TUNNEY 00:07:00 - AT 32, BEATEN AGAIN BY TUNNEY 00:07:03 - AT 36, TRIED TO COME BACK 00:07:07 - AT 49, GREETING AN OLD CONQUEROR 00:07:11 - AT 55, GREATEST OF ALL 00:07:13 - FRENCH BOXER. GEORGES CARPENTIER. 00:07:24 - ARRIVES IN NEW YORK, FANS STORM. 00:07:37 - DANCES WITH WOMEN. 00:07:43 - BOXES PLAYFULLY WITH A WOMAN. 00:07:52 - GENE TUNNEY READING A BOOK IN A ROCKING CHAIR. 00:07:58 - MILKING A COW. PUMPING COWS TAIL 00:08:03 - RUNNING WITH FRIENDS 00:08:12 - EXERCISING. FLEXING MUSCLES. 00:08:28 - FIGHTING CARPENTIER IN JULY, 1924 IN NEW YORK 00:08:31 - TUNNEY WINS BY TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT. 00:08:35 - THE FIGHTING MARINE. 00:08:39 - FANS WAVING HATS 00:08:46 - NEW YORK'S POLO GROUNDS. FIGHTS TOMMY GIBBONS 00:09:01 - FATAL 12TH ROUND. WINS BY POINTS. AGAINST GIBBONS. 00:09:10 - GIBBONS GOES DOWN 00:09:19 - GIBBONS GOES DOWN AGAIN 00:09:39 - TUNNEY PRACTICING WITH A BAG 00:09:43 - BOXING 00:09:49 - BOXING LITTLE BOYS. 00:10:05 - SHAKES HANDS WITH BOY, BOY HUGS HIM. 00:10:13 - PARADE IN NEW YORK. RETURNS WITH TITLE. GREAT RECEPTION. 00:10:27 - CU TUNNEY WITH FRIENDS 00:10:30 - CU TUNNEY ALONE 00:10:34 - GERMAN MAX SCHMELING ON OCEAN LINER. 00:10:39 - CU SCHMELING 00:10:42 - THROWING TRAINING BALL ON BEACH. 00:10:55 - BOXING WITH JACK SHARKEY. 00:11:04 - IS KNOCKED DOWN. 00:11:08 - MANAGER JOE JACOBS. 00:11:20 - CU JACK SHARKEY. 00:11:23 - PRACTICING ON A ROOF TOP. 00:11:28 - RUNNING WITH DOGS. 00:11:36 - PLAYING WITH A CHILD ON SEE-SAW. 00:11:40 - WITH BABY. KISSES IT TENDERLY 00:11:45 - SPARRING. 00:11:51 - ON TRAINING BICYCLE. 00:12:00 - AS A BARTENDER. IN HIS OWN BAR. 00:12:02 - SHAKES HANDS WITH PATRON. 00:12:05 - POURING DRINK. 00:12:10 - IN EUROPE. PRIMO CARNERA BEING MOBBED BY FANS. 00:12:18 - 6 FOOT 9 INCHES, RUNNING IN STREET CLOTHES 00:12:25 - CARNERA JUMPING ROPE. 00:12:30 - TOUCHING THE FLOOR WITH HIS HANDS. WALKING GOOFY. 00:12:37 - SPARRING, HE DWARFS HIS PARTNER. 00:13:02 - WITH PUNCHING BAG. 00:13:07 - CU SMILING. 00:13:09 - MAZ BEAR RUNNING IN STREET CLOTHES 00:13:14 - PUNCHING A BAG 00:13:20 - SPARRING 00:13:22 - MAX BAER PLAYING WITH SAND ON BEACH. 00:13:29 - KNOCKS CARNERA DOWN 12 TIMES TO GET CROWN. 00:13:32 - SHOWING HIS RUBBER LEGS TRICK. 00:13:49 - CU OF BEAR PUNCHING THE CAMERA. 00:13:51 - TONY GALENTO HITTING PUNCHING BAG. 00:14:03 - GALENTO WITH FEET JUMPING ROPE. 00:14:15 - GIVING A PRESS STATEMENT. 00:14:22 - BATTERING AN OPPONENT. 00:14:39 - BAR TENDING. POURING A BEER WITH A CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH. 00:14:50 - POURING HUGE GLASS OF BEER. 00:14:55 - DRINKS FROM IT. 00:15:02 - JAMES J. BRADDOCK BOXING A BAG. LITTLE KIDS WATCH. AT BEACH. 00:15:07 - HIS HOUSE IN GUTTENBERG, NEW JERSEY 00:15:11 - BRADDOCK WITH HIS FAMILY. 00:15:16 - SONS KISS HIM. 00:15:26 - SPARRING. 00:15:40 - TRAINING YOUNG BOYS. 00:15:48 - JOE LOUIS CHOPPING WOOD. THE BROWN BOMBER. 00:15:58 - JUMPING ROPE BEFORE A CROWD. 00:16:08 - SPARRING. 00:16:17 - KNOCKS DOWN PARTNER 00:16:27 - PUNCHING A BAG 00:16:34 - BOXING MAX SCHMELING. 00:16:43 - KNOCKS SCHMELING OUT IN TWO MINUTES 00:16:52 - CROWD CHEERS. 00:16:58 - PUTS ON LEATHER HELMET. 00:17:00 - AT 36, BOXING, NOT VERY GOOD. 00:17:04 - DOG WITH HAT, GLASSES AND CIGARETTE. 00:17:06 - HITTING A PUNCHING BAG. 00:17:14 - EZZARD CHARLES WALLOPING A BAG. 00:17:19 - BOXING WITH JERSEY JOE WALCOTT. 00:17:28 - DANCING AROUND THE RING 00:17:34 - WITH PUNCHING BAG 00:17:38 - BEING TOWELED OFF. 00:17:41 - JUMPING UP AND DOWN IN ROBE. 00:17:48 - POWER HITTING A PUNCHING BAG. 00:17:53 - UNDER SHOT OF HIM HITTING BAG 00:17:57 - WITH OPPONENT, BOXING. 00:18:06 - WELCOME HOME CHAMP SIGN. 00:18:07 - CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY RETURNING PARADE. 00:18:12 - BIG CROWD WELCOMES HIM. 00:18:14 - WAVES AT CROWD. 00:18:17 - BOY PUTS PAPER CROWN ON HIM. 00:18:23 - WALCOTT SIGNED WITH ROCKY MARCIANO 00:18:29 - MARCIANO IN RING, TRAINING 00:18:37 - WITH SPARRING PARTNER 00:18:44 - RUNNING THROUGH A FIELD 00:18:48 - MARCIANO AT GROSSINGERS WITH CHILDREN. 00:18:53 - AERIAL OF RING. BOXERS COME TOGETHER. 00:18:57 - MONTAGE OF BOXING MATCHES, KNOCK OUTS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: P-212-47