WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, BENNY LYNCH v PETER KANE

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Places:

  • Glasgow

Subjects:

  • Sporting activities

Genres:

  • Newsreel

Decade:

  • 1930s

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Title: WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, BENNY LYNCH v PETER KANE

Reference number: 0926A

Date: 1937

Production company: Empire News

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 2.48 mins

Description: World flyweight championship between Benny Lynch and Peter Kane at Shawfield stadium in Glasgow. Lynch wins by a knockout. 13th October 1937.

Shotlist: Credits (0.05); Announcements prior to the start of the fight at Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow (0.24); General shots of the fight in progress. Lynch wins by a knock-out in Round 13, followed by scenes of jubilation in the ring. Policemen are drafted in to keep order (2.48)