Tommy Farr Wins by a Knock-Out

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1113
Date Released
2 Oct 1950
Date submitted
28 Sep 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Korea - Enemy Collapse
  2. 2Bevin’s Address to UN Assembly
  3. 3Australia Welcomes British Immigrants
  4. 4Mr Strauss Starts New Aluminium Plant
  5. 5France Restores 1918 Setting of Armistice
  6. 6Tommy Farr Wins by a Knock-Out
  7. 7Trailer: 4d Minimum Foreign Letter Postage

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tommy Farr Wins By a Knock-Out. DESCRIPTION: Six-foot-four Jan Klein, the Dutch Champion, was Tommy Farr’s opponent at Pontypridd for the latter’s bout in his come-back campaign. The Welsh crowd of 25,000 saw their former idol showing his old mastery. It was in the sixth round that Tommy put Klein down for the count of ten and so re-established himself in boxing. SHOTLIST: KS. KS of both boxing in ring. Klein enters ring. Farr enters ring. Referee announces Farr. Start of fight various shots of the boxing, Dutchman slips twice. MS of Farr hitting Dutchman & latter slipping to canvas. CU of Klein knocked-out. MS crowds round Farr after fight. CU Farr. Cut-ins of audiences.
Local distribution only
Also extra length version (133 seconds) of story shown in South Wales.
Keywords
Sport; Boxing
Locations
Pontypridd
Card file number
54394
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
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