Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: No Quarter in Sydney Prize-Fight
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: No Quarter in Sydney Prize Fight. DESCRIPTION: Tommy Burns of Australia defeats America’s O’Neill Bell to become World Welterweight Champion. SHOTLIST: KS Tommy Burns and O’Neill Bell enter ring. Various shots of Bell & Burns boxing, sparring etc. Bell closes Burns’ right eye. Burns takes terrific punishment in the stomach. In tenth round both men are tiring, Burns knocks Bell (coloured man) down in corner of ring, The bell saves him. Referee counts him. Coming out for eleventh round Burns goes all out for knock out after Bell has taken colossal punishment his seconds throw in the towel, Burns wins on technical knock out, Burns jumps for joy. CU Burns with his right eye closed. Cut-ins of crowds applauding, cheering etc.
- Keywords
- Sport; Boxing
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 48274
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 150
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: No Quarter in Sydney Prize-Fight', British Movietone News Issue No. 927A, 13 Mar 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14350 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)