Deep Archive Finds Movies That Echo the Spirit of BBC Sport: Boxing...

Dir: Jack Eaton

Girl study, reducing class, Savage School games slow motion, beach sports.

Dir: Jack Eaton

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Form perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Slow motion study golf strokes, tennis strokes, swimming strokes, etc. with world champions.

Dir: Harry A. Pollard

The Leather Pushers were a charming series of eighteen 2-reel comedies based upon the story of a prize-fighter from the Colliers articles by H.C. Witwer. Each episode was self-contained and complete in itself. Formerly wealthy Kane Halliday (Reginald Denny) finds he must support himself with his fists in the ring after his father goes suddenly broke. A great mix of comedy and action set against the gritty world of the old New York boxing scene.

Dir: Fred Niblo

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Round Two perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A toreador's (Rudolph Valentino) familial and social life is threatened when he has an affair.

Dir: Walter West

A Lord's horse wins the big race despite the schemes of a rival.

Dir: Harry A. Pollard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Blood and Sand perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A college man, engaged to a society girl, is compelled to enter the prize ring when his father's finances are swept away in Wall Street.

Dir: Sam Wood

Auto racer Speed Carr enters a marathon race across the United States, from New York to Los Angeles. He encounters numerous obstacles not related to the race and must switch identities and vehicles before he can finish.

Dir: Craig Hutchinson

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kissing Cup's Race perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Roy is a golf champion who has never held a club in his hands. But having told everyone what a great player he is, the time arrives when he is forced to make good.

Dir: King Baggot

Dirty work is afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides that his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp freighter and gets the jockey in his debt through a crooked gambling game. Airplanes, ship-wrecks, sea storms, kidnapping, frame-up and much skullduggery prior to the race.

Dir: Phil Rosen

An automobile manufacturer comes up with a low-priced but efficient new car. However, when he orders all of his employees to drive it, his son Jimmy defies him and buys a car from his father's rival, Tyler, who makes expensive roadsters.