Gordie Howe vs. Maurice Richard Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens, 1960 color 8mm Film

This is a color 8mm film reel recently digitized by Priceless Preservation of Ann Arbor (7342193916). It depicts excepts of game between Detroit and Montreal at Detroit s Olympia. This footage was shot c. 195860 by the late Richard Maher. We have narrowed the time frame to the two coinciding seasons when Howe and Richard were both captains (19581960) based on the C on each of their jerseys. Hockey historian Jim Anchower (see below) has identified the game as taking place January 28, 1960 when Montrea