Boxing - Leahy Fails for Title

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1845A

Date Released

15 Oct 1964

Date submitted

9 Oct 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Olympics 1964
2. 2Horrible Hilda
3. 3The Queen in Quebec
4. 4It’s a Woman’s World
5. 5Boxing - Leahy Fails for Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boxing - Leahy Fails for Title. DESCRIPTION: British Middleweight Champion, Mick Leahy meets Laszlo Papp of Hungary, in Vienna in an attempt to win the European title. Leahy did his best to outwit the title holder, but the points were in the Hungarian’s favour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS ring. CU audience. MS Middleweight boxers Mike Leahy (GB) and Laszlo Papp (Hungary). CU Papp. CU Leahy. CU woman in audience. MS ring. MS both boxers. CU man in audience. MS ring. CU pan on both boxers. MS Papp and Leahy. CU woman in audience. MS the two boxers. CU man in audience. MS Papp and Leahy. MS Leahy getting up after being knocked down. CU man in audience. MS ring. MS both boxers. MS audience. MCU Papp leaves ring with Leahy.

Keywords

Sport; Boxing

Locations

Vienna; Austria

Footage sources

Austria

Card file number

88941

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

140

Story extras:

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