Boxing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1269

Date Released

28 Sep 1953

Date submitted

14 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

9 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wild Bout in Sydney - Boxing. DESCRIPTION: WILD BOUT IN SYDNEY - The recent scrap between Bronco Johnson and Alfie Sands at Sydney Stadium, developed into a murderous affair. The rules are tossed aside and the referee declares no fight, but Sands and Johnson are not prepared to leave it at that. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. LS ring. Bronco Johnson v. Alfie Sands. Various shots of scrapping in ring. Going mad. Referee tries to separate them. (Australian commentator’s voice over this.) Referee tries to keep game clean. Gives up and walks from ring. Boxers fight on. Seconds jump into ring. Try to stop fight.

Keywords

Sport; Curiosities

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

59781

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

150

Story extras:

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