Girl Boxer (1949)

London. Barbara Buttrick at work typing. Hand typing. SV. Punch ball being hit, pan over to Barbara punching. Micky Woods makes her stand on a side and hits punch ball. Barbara then copies him. SV. Feet skipping. SV. Barbara skipping. Micky Woods walks into picture and stops her. They walk off screen. MV. Barbara and Micky Woods walk on to punch bag, Barbara punches it. Micky Woods in background. CU. Barbara punching bag. SV. Woods places robe around Barbara. She sits down and spits out gum shield and starts speaking (natural sound): ’I think all this talk about girls not boxing is old fashioned. Girls aren’t the delicate flowers they used to be. Anyhow, my boyfriend doesn’t mind so why should I?’ (Comb. Neg.) Date found in the old record - 15/02/1949. Natural sound only. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.