Thompson Faces Stiff Task (1949)

Full title reads: “Thompson Faces Stiff Task“. Doncaster, Yorkshire. Boxer Billy Thompson trains for his fight with Kid Dussart. LV Billy Thompson sparring, running through coal field. MV He receives rope as he runs with his dogs, and skips down road. SV Skipping down road pan down to feet. MV and SV Thompson and mother feeding chickens. MV Walking with niece behind pig. CU Thompson. 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