World-wide News - Canada: Midget Wrestlers

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1231

Date Released

5 Jan 1953

Date submitted

29 Dec 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World-wide News - Malaya: General Templer Opens Factory
2. 2World-wide News - Canada: Sailors as Artists
3. 3World-wide News - Canada: Midget Wrestlers
4. 4World-wide News - South Africa: Cobb Trophy Race
5. 5World-wide News - Lebanon: Champollion Wrecked
6. 6World-wide News - Australia: South Africa’s Test Win
7. 7World-wide News - Great Britain: Mouse Derby
8. 8World-wide News - Great Britain: Schoolboys Exhibition
9. 9World-wide News - Great Britain: Coronation Robes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 9

Section Title

World-wide News - Canada

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Midget Wrestling. DESCRIPTION: In Toronto, the big news is miniature wrestling - what you might call a small brawl by fidgety midgets. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Midgets wresting. Midgets in ring, shots of wrestling.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities

Locations

Toronto

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

58327

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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