Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Reckless Wrestling
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: All-In Wrestling. DESCRIPTION: In Sydney Fred Atkins of New Zealand recently took on Seelie Samara from America in a terrific bout of all-in wrestling. SHOTLIST: KS GV ring. Various shots of couple wrestling, throwing one another of the canvas. Seelie Samara applies toe-hold to Fred Atkins of New Zealand. Atkins hits the canvas indicating surrender. Cut-in of audience applauding. Atkins gets scissors on Samara’s (darkie) head. Atkins rabbit punches Samara, picks him up and throws him on canvas. Atkins wins round and as he gets up he kicks Samara. Atkins throws darkie out of ring. Prior to this Atkins crawls to edge of ring and grips the canvas, throws the referee off his feet. Samara jumps back into ring on top of Atkins.
- Keywords
- Sport; Wrestling
- Locations
- Sydney
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 47566
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 146
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Reckless Wrestling', British Movietone News Issue No. 907A, 24 Oct 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14118 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)