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The Birth of a Champion (1939)

ALL 11/26/1939 (en) Documentary 15 Min
  • Release
    11/26/1939
  • Production
    Fistic Film
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  • Original title
    The Birth of a Champion
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

In this “GI Movie Weekly” from Fistic Film (likely from 1939), viewers are treated to the historic fight on 4 July 1919 in Toledo, OH, where young boxer Jack Dempsey faced off against the World Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard. The film opens with a few highlights from 1919, including a young Prince of Wales observing the surrender of the German Fleet, Theodore Roosevelt speaking to an audience shortly before his death, and Babe Ruth posing in his New York Yankees jersey.

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  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Jack Kofoed

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Jack Dempsey

    Self

  3. Jess Willard

    Self

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The Birth of a Champion (1939) 15 Min

ALL 11/26/1939 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 11/26/1939
  • Production
    Fistic Film
  • Original title The Birth of a Champion
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this “GI Movie Weekly” from Fistic Film (likely from 1939), viewers are treated to the historic fight on 4 July 1919 in Toledo, OH, where young boxer Jack Dempsey faced off against the World Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard. The film opens with a few highlights from 1919, including a young Prince of Wales observing the surrender of the German Fleet, Theodore Roosevelt speaking to an audience shortly before his death, and Babe Ruth posing in his New York Yankees jersey.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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