Brighter Boxing! 1929

Star Item

Description

"Why not try new departures in Boxing to liven things up a bit? This way for instance"

Two men stand on top of large balls in an open air swimming pool or lake. They balance on the balls and as they run on top of them they have a boxing match. Inevitably they fall in a lot! One man wears a...

more

Tags more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15190
Sort Number:
EP 141
Time in/Out:
01:15:16:00 / 01:16:30:00
Canister:
EP 141
Film ID:
894.07
Issue Date:
18/11/1929

Stills

0:010:020:030:04

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment

10 Dangerous DareDevils

Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil

Twenty Acts of Terror

Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911

10 Tragedies Caught on Film

British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Pushball

Pushball

A new game involves much running, bouncing and hitting of a gigantic leather ball!

Caught By The Camera (No. 39)

Caught By The Camera (No. 39)

Stories in this item include a game of frog ball and workmen painting the Manhattan Bridge in New York City.

Cinetopicalities In Brief (No. 2)

Cinetopicalities In Brief (No. 2)

Showgirls balance on balls in a dance routine, a baby panda flies off to meet her new husband and a new game is played on Miami Beach.

Gretchen's New Game!

Gretchen's New Game!

A new game in Holland looks like a cross between basketball and football.

Cinetopicalities In Brief (No. 66)

Cinetopicalities In Brief (No. 66)

A man sails along a railway, a new ball game and a skittle match between men and women.

A New Ball Game!

A New Ball Game!

Girls of the Natal Technical College do formation exercises with balls.

Anzac Football ( Soccer ) 1917 ( AKA N.Z. V. A.S.C. )

Anzac Football ( Soccer ) 1917 ( AKA N.Z. V. A.S.C. )

Anzac football match.

In The New Forest

In The New Forest

Indian troops exercising, playing a ball game and walking on their hands in the New Forest.

 

 

Death Row in Wartime: 8 Images

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row

Buchenwald Concentration Camp

The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald

Winston Churchill’s Finest Quotes

The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill

Bloodiest Battles Caught On Film

WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle

Vertigo: Nerves of Steel

Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo

10 Amazing Transport Inventions

Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions

10 Faces of Evil

Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler