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Fighting Roosters; in Florida
(1898) United States of America
B&W : [?] 37 or 209? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Released March 1898. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format.

Documentary: Actuality.

Synopsis: [From American Mutoscope promotional materials] Waiters at the Tampa Bay Hotel, amusing themselves after hours, at a cockfight on the lawn. The birds are very aggressive and put up a lively bout.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: Florida: Tampa

Listing updated: 29 January 2010.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 245, 602 : Website-AFI.