The Cleanest Film Ever Made -- May 3, 2022

New York Clipper, 18-November-1905

The Lubin Manufacturing Company was a pioneering film production company founded in 1902 in Philadelphia by Siegmund Lubin. Lubin later produced movies in Jacksonville, Florida and Los Angeles, California.

San Francisco Examiner, 09-September-1905

Battling Nelson and Jimmy Britt fought for the second time on 09-September-1905 in Colma, near San Francisco. Nelson, winning by a KO in the 20th round, took away Britt's so-called White Lightweight championship. Joe Gans, who was African-American held the world lightweight championship.

Motography, 01-August-1914

Bat Nelson to "Act" in Moving Picture -- August 5, 2019

Seattle Star, 01-August-1919

Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane, was World Lightweight Boxing Champion from 1908 to 1910. Last month we saw the excitement about the Dempsey-Willard heavyweight championship fight. Because of restrictive laws, fight films could not be shipped across state lines. Nelson went to Pittsburgh to go to a vaudeville theater to talk about the fight "and then stage a boxing exhibition with a dummy."

Nelson-Gans Fight Pictures -- April 9, 2018

Moving Picture World, 27-March-1910

Battling Nelson had won the lightweight title from Joe Gans on 04-July-1908 in Colma, south of San Francisco. This ad offers their next fight, on 09-Setptember1908. Nelson won by knockout in 45 rounds. Joe Gans, the Old Master, was African-American.

New York World, 10-September-1908

The Most Sensational Contest of the Age -- January 11, 2018

Billboard, 28-March-1910

Battling Nelson defended his lightweight title against Ad Wolgast, the Michigan Wildcat at Point Richmond, California on 22-February-1910. Wolgast took the title from Nelson with a TKO in round 40. It was said the be a very fierce fight.

This was the second of three fights between the two men. Wolgast won all three, in 1909, 1910 and 1913.

Walla Walla Evening Statesman, 23-February-1910

Proclaimed by Press and Public to be the Greatest of all Film Battles -- September 9, 2017

Moving Picture World, 06-August-1910

James J Jeffries had been heavyweight boxing champion from 1899 to 1905, when he retired undefeated.  He came back in 1910 to answer the pleas of racists who did not like Jack Johnson, an African-American, being heavyweight champ.  They met in Reno, Nevada on 04-July-1910.  Johnson dominated the fight for 15 rounds.  Jeffries' corner threw in the towel so he would not get knocked out. 

Many cities and states, fearing racial unrest, banned films of the fight.  In 1912, Congress banned interstate transportation of fight films. 

Jeffries-Johnson films are available in several versions on YouTube. 

Jim Jeffries settled in Burbank, where he trained boxers and promoted fights in an old barn.  The fights were popular with people in the film industry.  The barn is now at Knott's Berry Farm. 

Ad Wolgast, the Michigan Wildcat, won the lightweight title from Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane, on 22-February-1910, by a TKO in the 40th round.  The movie promises 21 of the rounds in four reels. 

Battling Nelson had won the lightweight title from Joe Gans in 1908 in Colma, south of San Francisco.  This ad may offer that fight or their other fight in 1908.  Nelson lost to Gans in 1906 and beat him in both 1908 fights.  Joe Gans, the Old Master, was African-American. 

We all know the results of "Custer's Last Stand."