Mcavoy - Boxer In Training And Speech 1937 1930-1939

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Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. 1937?

Boxer Jock McAvoy does exercises on the floor. He punches the heavy punch bag, he skips, he spars with another boxer.

CU Jock McAvoy sending a message back to the people in England that he intends to win the...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
61420
Sort Number:
UN 0054 U
Time in/Out:
01:05:27:00 / 01:07:08:00
Canister:
UN 54 U
Film ID:
514.04
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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  • "dates unclear or unknown. 1937?" - the footage almost certainly originates from either February or March 1936 - McAvoy, ("The Rochdale Thunderbolt"), fought John Henry Lewis in New York on 13 March 1936, so this will be footage of him training for that fight.

    jamied 16th Jan 2013

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