Two cats, performers from Professor Welton's Cat Circus, paw at each other with boxing gloves on. I found them rather amusing and cute. The cats seem very well trained and the way they swing their paws actually looks somewhat like a boxing match. Boxing was a very popular sport in the 1890s and this parody was a big hit with kinetoscope viewers.
The Boxing Cats was directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and William Heise at Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Even in 1894, footage of cats doing amusing things was a big hit.
The Boxing Cats was directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and William Heise at Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Even in 1894, footage of cats doing amusing things was a big hit.