Boxing - Great Britain Beats USA

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1378

Date Released

31 Oct 1955

Date submitted

26 Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aba V USA Amateur Boxing. DESCRIPTION: Amateur boxing at Wembley between ABA and a team from the United States. The ABA beat the Americans by 7 bouts to 3. SHOTLIST: GV teams lined up in ring. CU Brian Jones and J Puscas. SCU heavy-weight bout between John Johnson and David Rent. CU various shots of heavy bout. SCU Frankie Davies v Roy Francis - light middleweight attack. CU Francis on ropes and Davies on the attack. CU Francis throws knock out blow and Davies goes down, out cold. CU Francis dancing round ring with joy. CU seconds congratulate Francis.

Keywords

Sport; Boxing

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

64987

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Paul Wyand
Soundman: Reginald C. Sutton
Commentator: Reginald C. Sutton
Camera: Terry O’Brien

Length of story (in feet)

111

Story extras:

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