W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise make a short video of cockfighting around the turn-of-the-century. The film shows two cocks fighting with two men watching behind them. They smile and exchange what seems to be money as the bet on the match.
Its a little hard to watch such a heinous sport, but one must understand it was a different time, when such sports thrived. Dickson and Heise must have been on constant look-out for exciting and different subjects to film. However, there is not much to recommend this film. There is more interesting pieces filmed by the duo that displays what film was like in 1894.
Its a little hard to watch such a heinous sport, but one must understand it was a different time, when such sports thrived. Dickson and Heise must have been on constant look-out for exciting and different subjects to film. However, there is not much to recommend this film. There is more interesting pieces filmed by the duo that displays what film was like in 1894.