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 (734-219-3916). It depicts excepts of game between Detroit and Montreal at Detroit’s Olympia. This footage was shot c. 1958-60 by the late Richard Maher. We have narrowed the time frame to the two coinciding seasons when Howe and Richard were both captains (1958-1960) 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