Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A Wrestling Drama

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
917A
Date Released
2 Jan 1947
Date submitted
23 Dec 1946
Date submitted
17 Dec 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wrestling in Sydney Stadium. DESCRIPTION: At a Sydney wrestling bout the referee finds himself involved in the contest. SHOTLIST: KS GV ring. Various shots of Negro and white man all-in-wrestling. Negro named Samara throws white fellow John Eaton [sic] out of ring, then puts scissors round his neck and pulls him in again. Various shots of the two wrestling, the referee gets thrown out of ring, who crawls back into ring, the Negro leaves Eaton who he has on his back and assists the referee, then Eaton jumps up and hits the Negro behind the ear, knocks him down, Eaton jumps on him, the referee partly recovered gives the fight to Eaton, making the Negro very annoyed.
Keywords
Sport; Curiosities
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
47922
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
144
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A Wrestling Drama', British Movietone News Issue No. 917A, 2 Jan 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14229 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)