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A birds-eye view of two (presumably) American soldiers engaged in a boxing match aboard a ship. A lively crew of soldiers surrounds and cheers the two fighters. Underwood and Underwood got the jump on Keystone since they had a photographer in Europe when the war broke out. Albert K. Hibbard rushed to Serbia, then back to France before returning to the US in December 1914. Underwood and Underwood introduced their first European War boxed set in 1915. (Boyd, Robert, The Great War, 9). By 1916, the United States had entered the war and American troops arrived in France. At this point, Underwood had drastically restricted stereographic publication. (Darrah, William, The World of Stereographs, 194). Although Underwood had severely cut back on the manufacture of stereographs, many scenes of American "preparedness" and mobilization were photographed. (Ibid., 195). Keystone had obtained the entire file of Underwood negatives yet only a small percentage of the war scenes were actually used. The larger part of Underwood's file were photographed before the first contingents of American Expeditionary Force landed in France. (Ibid., 195). The viewer must assume the soldiers are American because Underwood and Underwood is an American company and "our" is used in the image caption.
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