Wrestling - Olympic Preview

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1777

Date Released

24 Jun 1963

Date submitted

19 Jun 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pope Paul Elected
2. 2Beat the Bandits
3. 3Wrestling - Olympic Preview
4. 4New at the Zoo
5. 5Lake Tanganyika in Turmoil

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wrestling - Olympic Preview. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s first International Tournament between amateur wrestlers from 3 countries took place at Manchester’s Belle Vue. It was between Japan, the United States and England. Pictures show the Heavyweight bout between Merrill Solowin of Toledo University and Dennis McNamara, British Heavyweight Champion. The American won. British Featherweight Champion, Albert Aspen, was matched against Osamu Watanabe. Aspen was well and truly over-powered by the Japanese. The Middleweight bout saw reigning British champion, Hill trying to get the better of Camilleri of the US Air Force. But Camilleri had the upper hand. Convincing winners were the Japanese, America took second place. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS start of Heavyweight bout Solowin V McNamara. CU spectator. MS wrestling - Solowin falls out and climbs back into ring. CU spectator. MS fight ends - Solowin (America) the winner. CU spectators. MS Osamu Watanabe (Japan) V Albert Aspen (GB) in Featherweight bout. MS referee moving into position on mat. MS spectators. MS J Hill (GB) V Camilleri (USA). Spectator. MS fight in progress. MS spectators applaud. MLS Japanese referee lifts the winner’s arm. Camilleri. Winners: Heavyweight: Solowin (USA), Featherweight: Watanabe (Japan), Middleweight: Camilleri (USA).

Keywords

Sport; Air force

Locations

Manchester; Belle Vue

Footage sources

5 Cities Film

Card file number

86776

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

158

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