''The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)'', or simply ''Boxing Cats'',
is an 1894 American Short film, short silent film directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise, and starring Henry Welton. It depicts a boxing match between two cats, each of which is wearing a pair of boxing gloves.
The two cats were members of Welton's touring "cat circus",
which reportedly also featured cats riding bicycles.
''The Boxing Cats'' was filmed in Thomas Edison's Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, on 35 mm movie film, 35 mm.
The film has been described as a precursor to cat videos popular on the Internet.
See also
* ''Men Boxing'', an 1891 film also directed by Dickson and Heise
References
Further reading
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External links
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''The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)''at the Library of Congress
1894 films
Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson
Articles containing video clips
American boxing films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Films shot in New Jersey
Edison Manufacturing Company films
1890s American films
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