Boxing Stars Perform for the Army

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

537

Date Released

18 Sep 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Australia’s Great Rural Show
2. 2Buying Horses for the French Army
3. 3Foreigners Rush to French Army
4. 4Mr Chamberlain Reports
5. 5Roosevelt Tells the Press
6. 6America Practises Bombing
7. 7Black Out Fashions
8. 8AFS Wedding
9. 9Shades of 1914-18
10. 10Our ‘Kids’ Evacuated
11. 11Boxing Stars Perform for the Army
12. 12Their Majesties See Further Precautions
13. 13Duke and Duchess of Windsor Home

Story

Story No. within this Issue

11 / 13

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boxing Stars Perform for the Army. DESCRIPTION: Crowley and MacAvoy are among the boxing stars who give an exhibition for the Army. SHOTLIST: An audience of soldiers see exhibition bouts between Dave Crowley and Groves, Jock MacAvoy and Pack, Berg and Arthur Danahar and Boon and Silver. Open air exhibition.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Military

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

37440

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

69

Story extras:

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