Punch Up!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2076
Date Released
17 Mar 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Punch Up!
  2. 2Idealists
  3. 3Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone!
  4. 4Waiting for the Prince
  5. 5Five against France

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Punch-Up. DESCRIPTION: In Melbourne, Britain’s Alan Rudkin just fails to take the World Bantamweight crown with Australia’s Lionel Rose on a controversial split points decision. In Suez, Egyptian oil Refineries are ablaze during the latest conflict with Israel across the Canal. In Paris - following the one-day General Strike, a punch up between students and riot police recalls the violent confrontation of last year. SHOTLIST: 6 shots GV firemen trying to extinguish oil fires on Egyptian side of Suez Canal, due to Israeli artillery fire. 4 shots MS Alan Rudkin (GB) fighting with Lionel Rose (Australia) for World Bantamweight Title in Melbourne. CU man watching. LAS boxers boxing. GV ditto. LAS end of fight. MS audience applaud. MS Lionel Rose receives trophy. GV pan demonstrators marching down the Place de la Bastille in Paris. 2 shots MS ditto. MLS police, pan to marchers. LS police baton charge marchers. MS ditto. MS police and marchers clashing. LS marchers. MLS police charging. 5 shots MS marchers loaded into van. MS rest of marchers. MS pan police van drives off.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Demonstrations; Riots; Crime; Military
Locations
France; Paris; Melbourne; Australia; Egypt; Suez Canal
Footage sources
Australia
France
Card file number
94544
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
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