News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

460

Date Released

20 Oct 1963

Date recorded

6 Sep 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

755

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Stan Stennet
• 2. Water Car
• 3. Royal Scot
• 4. Wrestling Parson

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: There’s a roadside wrestling match in progress and one wonders what the vicar would say. But the vicar at Moulton Chapel, Spalding, the Rev. Reg Thompson, joins in because he is a wrestler himself. He takes his horse to share a beer with him, and to wind up with, he’s at Leicester, refereeing the toughest wrestling match you’ve ever seen.

Keywords

Wrestling

Locations

England; Lincolnshire; Spalding

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

353

Story extras:

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