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A Couple of Lightweights at Coney Island
(1904) United States of America
B&W : 57 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 28 July 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H48620]. Released July 1904. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format?

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Two five-year-old urchins in bathing suits in a burlesque prize fight on the sand at Coney Island.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing - USA: New York: Coney Island

Listing updated: 20 April 2012.

References: FilmHistory-3-3 p. 254 : Website-AFI.