Under Queensberry Rules! (1940)

Full title reads: “Under Queensberry Rules!“ Johannesburg, South Africa. VS of a boxing bout between two Black South African youths (described in voiceover as Bantus) in the South African non-European boxing championships at a social club. The audience is almost entirely white. The fight is decided by a knockout. (Described by the voice over as a ’Black Out’). More shots of boxing match. N.B. Looked at in the 21st century this voiceover carries racial overtones. - MD. 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 fr