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The Boxing Cats

18941 minUnited States
Documentary

Synopsis

Two cats wearing boxing gloves face each other in a miniature ring while their trainer supervises. The staged novelty compresses an animal act into a short studio performance.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
0:22
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · James Henry (production), William Heise (cameraman) · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsWilliam Kennedy DicksonWilliam Heise

Behind the scenes

Dickson and Heise recorded Henry Welton's trained cats at Edison's Black Maria. The animals came from a touring act that also advertised other trained routines.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

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