Middleweight Champ Retains Title & Farr’s Come-Back

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1111A
Date Released
21 Sep 1950
Date submitted
18 Sep 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Middleweight Champ Retains Title & Farr’s Comeback. DESCRIPTION: Jake La Motta defended his World Middleweight title at Detroit against the Frenchman Laurent Dauthuille. La Motta, losing on points, knocked out Dauthuille with thirteen seconds to spare in the 15th round. At Brighton, Tommy Farr trains for his come-back fight against the Dutch champion, Jan Klein in a ten round affair at Pontypridd. SHOTLIST: KS. Couple boxing in ring. At Detroit, Jake La Motta defends his title against Dauthille, the Frenchman. Various shots of the fight shows the Frenchman getting the better & piling up points. Cut-in of audience. Seconds attend to La Motta before fifteenth round. Motta & Dauthuille shake before start of round & the former really lets loose, eventually knocking Dauthuille out. Same being counted out. (60 seconds). At Brighton, Farr hitting punch bag. Doing physical jerks. Lifting weights, skipping, hitting punch bag. CU Farr to finish. (37 seconds).
Keywords
Sport; Boxing
Locations
Brighton; Detroit
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
54337
Credits:
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
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'Middleweight Champ Retains Title & Farr’s Come-Back', British Movietone News Issue No. 1111A, 21 Sep 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16670 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)