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  • Short Summary

    Boxers and Jockeys take part in annual charity football match.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "West Ham. Boxers v. Jockeys. 'The Big Fellows' beat 'The Little Fellows' 4-3 in annual match for charity."

    West Ham, London.

    Members of the boxers football team gather together before the match. They are introduced to the camera. (One of the team is black).

    Members of the jockeys' team are introduced.

    An unidentified celebrity kicks of the football match.

    Various shots of the annual charity football match at Upton Park. The size difference obvious between the two teams.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    871.06
    Media URN:
    12757
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    15/10/1931
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:06:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:09:56:00 / 01:12:02:00
    Canister:
    31/83

Comments (1)

  1. csimon says

    Last but one of the boxers (in the stripes) looks to be Teddy Baldock, 'the Pride of Poplar' Britain's only boxing world champion of the 1920s.

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