Boxing match between Tommy Burns and Bill Squires in Colma, CA, in 1907
[From Paramount Screen Souvenirs] [with added VO humorous narration throughout, not part of original footage] / Title card: "When Tommy Burns met Bill Squires! Highlights of the heavyweight championship bout at Colma, Calif.--May 7, 1907" [Note: date is actually 7/4/1907] / 7/4/1907: Pan crowd of men waiting in line and waving at camera / heavyweight champion Tommy Burns wearing hat walks to center of boxing ring, man waves American flag over Burns' head / English heavyweight champion Bill Squires stands in ring; man with mustache nearby might be famed boxer John L. Sullivan / Referee James Jeffries, one of greatest heavyweights of all time, in ring wearing vest and hat / boxers pose for photo / boxing bout begins / Pan crowd with Weinhard's Lager banner posted on fence behind them / Burns knocks out Squires in first round
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Editorial #:
1132265629
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1932
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:55:03
Location:
Colma, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003630_01_01.mov
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