Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
MOVING PICTURES
|NTEREST|NG|T ITEM
TWELVE MILES OF FILM FOR
BRlTT-NELSON BOUT
LONGEST CHAIN EVER TAKEN
When Negatives Arc Developed Every
Blow viii Be Shown and VIII
Decide Every Appeal From
Referees Decision

least interesting figure in the coming
Britt-Nelson fistic contest will be the
moving picture machine. The contract
has already been made by Promoter j.
w. Coffroth with Miles Brothers for the
longest chain of moving pictures that
were ever taken in this or any other
country.
There is not Photographic film
enough west of the Mississippi river, in
all the moving picture concerns to-
gether to take the pictures Of the Britt
Nelson contest If 1t happens to go the
prescribed limit of forty-five rounds.
While the contest may not go to the
limit, it will be necessary to have
enough film on hand to cover every
round and close figuring on the part OF
the picture man has resulted In his
ordering about twelve miles Of film
from New York. Harry Miles, the resi-
dent partner OF the firm, has wired his
brother Herbert, and the latter will
leave New York city tonight, bringing
this most important part of the out
fit with him to insure it's safe and
prompt arrival.
Harry Miles and his assistants are
the greatest experts at the moving pic
ture game in this part of the country,
but a special force Of three more men
from the east who have worked for
Miles Brothers and other large con-
Germs in the moving picture line will
be brought on to help take and develop
the moving pictures.
Pictures Twelve Miles Long
Imagine a chain of pictures twelve
miles long and that is what full-forty-
five rounds of fighting will make. The
chain of pictures If Joined together
would reach from the office of the Col
ma club in the Columbian on Market
street down to Colma, around the pa
vilion and back again. AS the crow flies
1t would reach from the clubs office to
the Cliff house and back again, or
could be stretched from the city hall
in San Francisco to the city hall in
Oakland.
Forty-fve rounds of fighting will
take up three hours of time and to
show the moving pictures as they
should be shown on the screen will take
exactly the same length of time. There
are to be three machines set in place,
but only one of these will be working at
one time, the other two simply being
there in case of anything happening.
Three special lenses have been ordered
fer the bioscope cameras and these are
as expensive as diamonds of the same
size would be.
The longest film that was ever used
in this country for moving pictures was
probably that of the fight between JEFF
fries and Sharkey, which lasted twenty
five rounds. These pictures will be
taken at the rate of 1900 exposures to
the minute, and after they are taken 1t
will take about five days with the pic
ture men working night and day to
develop and fix them up ready for use.
]. w. Coffroth, manager of the Col
ma club, is already receiving many bids
from all parts of the country from
shop people and others who wish to
buy the rights to show them.
The greatest feature of all about these
pictures will be the fact that when
they. are taken it will be possible to
show clearly and distinctly every blow
that is struck and where it lands.
There will possibly be 100 separate ex-
posures or pictures Of every blow that
is struck. 1t will be possible to ex-
pose these pictures on the screen so
slowly that any one will be able to see
where punch lands and how it was
delivered in any part of the fight. If
ever there is a foul blow struck in the
course of the fight about which there
is any question after it is all over, the
little moving picture machine which
will play such an important part in the
big contest will be the judge from
whose decision there can be no appeal.