Topical Budget: Who Will Win? Wimbledon (1930)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute 1930 1:22
Summary: Two boxers, Phil Scott and William “Young” Stribling, preparing for a bout in London.
Title number: 19790
LSA ID: LSA/26233
Description: Opening scenes show heavyweight Phil Scott from Paddington training for a fight with William “Young” Stribling, an American. Between scenes of boxers separately sparring and skipping – Stribling under the watchful gaze of a textbook spiv – we see Scott, who spent two years in the London Fire Brigade, putting out a blaze during a “complimentary luncheon at Wimbledon Stadium”. The fight, on 28th July, was won by Stribling after a knockout. Scott retired soon after.
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Keywords: Wimbledon; Boxing; Phil Scott; William Stribling
Locations: Wimbledon
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