News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

249

Date Released

12 Mar 1934

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First, romantic marriage of Prince Sigvard with Fraulein Patzek is big draw in London
• 2. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Dublin - Pilgrims sail for Rome
• 3. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Tokyo - Australia v. Japan Rugby
• 4. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Los Angeles - Straight shooting cops
• 5. Jack Petersen Beats Ben Foord

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jack Petersen Beats Ben Foord. DESCRIPTION: British Movietone News presents a vivid and exciting film record of the Inter-Empire battle at the Albert Hall, in which Jack Petersen, the Welsh Heavyweight champion, lays low Ben Foord of South Africa, who displays great pluck in withstanding the attack of his opponent up to the 13th round, when the referee stops the fight. Sub 1. Slow motion assists in appreciating Petersen’s devastating blow. SHOTLIST: Shot of the ring and the contestants. Shots of the fight. Sub 1. Slow motion shots show Petersen’s devastating blows. Various shots of the fight and the end of same.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Boxing; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2833

Length of story (in feet)

254

Story extras:

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