Rough on the Ref

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1542A

Date Released

25 Dec 1958

Date submitted

2 Dec 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Off on Holiday
2. 2President De Gaulle
3. 3Atlas in Orbit
4. 4More Rocket Protests
5. 5Rough on the Ref
6. 6Last of the Many
7. 7Any Old Iron
8. 8Farm Robot
9. 9A Really White Christmas
10. *Greetings Card

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rough on the Ref. DESCRIPTION: Wrestling can be a sport, or it can be comedy. In Paris, they clearly treat it as a farce: these pictures show a match between Australians and Frenchmen, which was only rough on the ref! SHOTLIST: MS man punches opponent (key). TS man is thrown. CU man gets into ring. MS man on ground. MS referee talks to man. MS men on ground. TS same (2 men against 1). CU woman in crowd. TS free for all in ring. CU man in crowd. TS another man gets into ring. MS crowd. TS man is thrown. CU ref. counts.

Keywords

Sport; Curiosities; Wrestling

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

75685

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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