Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Ali-Spinks Fight
February 15, 1978
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A motion picture film of the first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks for the Heavy Weight Championship of the World 1978. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film shows footage of the fight which took place at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.55.46.1a
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