File:Boxer dog footage, 1901.ogv

DescriptionBoxer dog footage, 1901.ogv	This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of tricks, and his intelligence is, perhaps, most marked in his latest and most difficult feat, that of punching the bag. This picture depicts him in a bag punching performance which is really wonderful. His high jumps and lightning-like punches are remarkable and cause one to marvel at the amount of patience that must be necessary to teach a dog such tricks.
Date	6 May 1901
Source	This video is available from the United States Library of Congress's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division under the digital ID varsmp.1685. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ lietuvių ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−
Author	Edwin Stanton Porter  (1870–1941)      Alternative names Birth name: Edwin Stanton Porter; Edwin S. Porter Description American filmmaker Date of birth/death 21 April 1870  30 April 1941  Location of birth/death Philadelphia Category:New York Work location United States of America  Authority file : Q347864 VIAF: 49293478 ISNI: 0000000080290351 ULAN: 500472072 LCCN: n83185372 GND: 119051869 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q347864
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 22 July 2009. It was captioned as follows: English: Mannie, the bag-punching dog, in 1901 (video) Other languages English: Mannie, the bag-punching dog, in 1901 (video) Español: Mannie, el perro boxeador, en 1901 (vídeo) Македонски: Мани, песот-боксер, во 1901 г. (видеоинсерт) 中文（简体）：1901年一个拳击 狗曼尼的录象 中文（繁體）：1901年拳師犬曼尼的影片

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Laura Comstock's bag-punching dog / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

CREATED/PUBLISHED[edit]

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901.

Summary[edit]

Opens with the head and shoulders of a woman in full dress and hat and the front paws and head of a boxer visible behind a sign that reads "Miss Laura Comstock's Bag Punching Dog." Cuts to the dog sitting on his haunches on a stage with a painted backdrop of a trail through a forest. As the dog starts to wander offscreen, a large punching bag drops from above. He leaps up and hits the suspended bag with his head and body, causing it to swing. The dog repeatedly punches the bag in this manner until he knocks it down completely, grabs it in his mouth, and shakes it from side to side in his teeth.

From Edison films catalog: This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of tricks, and his intelligence is, perhaps, most marked in his latest and most difficult feat, that of punching the bag. This picture depicts him in a bag punching performance which is really wonderful. His high jumps and lightning-like punches are remarkable and cause one to marvel at the amount of patience that must be necessary to teach a dog such tricks.

NOTES[edit]

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 6May1901; H4086.

Original main title lacking.

Duration: 1:31 at 18 fps.

Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, see the M/B/RS Paper Print database.

According to C. Musser in The emergence of cinema, Mannie was co-owned by Comstock and her husband Norman Mosher and had appeared in many Edison and Biograph films.

Catalog no. 5227; code name (for telegraphic orders) Ungainful.

NCN046329; Laura Comstock's bag punching dog.

Filmed in Edison's New York City studio.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Musser, C. The emergence of cinema, 1990, p. 316-17, 486.

Received: 11/28/94 from LC film lab; arch pos; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 7/19/94 from LC film lab; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 1/6/95 from LC film lab; masterpos; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 5/6/01; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS[edit]

Boxers (Dogs)--Training--United States. Bag punching--United States. Mannie (Dog) Dog sports--United States. Show dogs--United States. Silent films. Vaudeville. Animal films and programs. Shorts.

RELATED NAMES[edit]

Porter, Edwin S., camera. Comstock, Laura, performer. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM[edit]

1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. arch pos.

1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. arch neg.

1 reel of 1 (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. masterpos.

1 roll (103 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER[edit]

FPE 7537 (arch pos)

FPE 7535 (arch neg)

FPE 7538 (masterpos)

LC 1685a (paper pos)

DIGITAL ID[edit]

(m) varsmp 1685

http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/varsmp/1685.mov