Wolcott/ Charles 3: Museum Object and Cultural History
Wolcott/ Charles 3: Date: July 18, 1951. Subject of: Joe Walcott, American, 1914 - 1994. Subject of: Ezzard Mack Charles, American, 1921 - 1975.
The object in the museum catalogue
A motion picture film of the third fight between Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The fight took place at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 18, 1951
- Subject of: Joe Walcott, American, 1914 - 1994
- Subject of: Ezzard Mack Charles, American, 1921 - 1975
- Owned by: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Type: sound films
- Type: black-and-white films (visual works)
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: acetate film
- Dimensions: Duration: 17 Minutes
- Dimensions: Length (Film): 600 Feet
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Boxing
- Topic: Film
- Object number: 2017.55.27.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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