News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Balmy Benny
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 11
- Section Title
- News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Balmy Benny - Boxing Tutor. DESCRIPTION: The mechanised sparring partner for young American boxers. SHOTLIST: Balmy Benny, an automatic sparring partner is on show at a boxing school. The instrument is worked by a man who operates the direction and timing of the punches.
- Keywords
- Sport; Education and training; Inventions and discoveries
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 35483
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Alan Howland
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 38
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How to cite this record
'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Balmy Benny', British Movietone News Issue No. 505A, 9 Feb 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9673 (Accessed 22 Jul 2025)