Boxing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1269

Date Released

28 Sep 1953

Date submitted

23 Sep 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home News: Film Star Swims Thames
2. 2Home News: Plague of Flies
3. 3Home News: Lynmouth Hit Again
4. 4Wives Rejoin Exiled Sultan
5. 5Indo-China - Operation Picardie
6. 6The German Scene
7. 7The German Scene
8. 8Boxing
9. 9Boxing
10. *Invention
11. *Invention

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Don Cockell in Training. DESCRIPTION: DON COCKELL PREPARES - British Heavyweight champion Don Cockell is in vigorous training for his forthcoming battle with Italian champion Bacilieri, at Leicester. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU Cockell. Punching bag. Various shots of him sparring with fellow. Lies on floor cycling with legs. CU punch bag with Bacilieri on it. Cockell punches bag. CU Cockell.

Keywords

Sport; Boxing

Locations

Leicester; Granby Halls

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

59796

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

36

Story extras:

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