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 'Jeffries-Sharkey Contest'  is an 1899 documentary film directed by William A. Brady and Tom O'Rourke. It is considered the oldest lost film. It was the first film to use artificial light.

Description
It documents a heavyweight boxing match between the American boxer James J. Jeffries and the Irish boxer Tom Sharkey.

The match between Jeffries and Sharkey lasted 25 rounds and Jeffries won.

Filming took place on November 3, 1899 at the Coney Island Sports Club in [Brooklyn]]. The film was produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.