Bavaria - News In Flashes (1959)

Title reads: “Bavaria“. News in Flashes. Rosenheim, Germany. M/S stage where Championships of Fingerhakeln (finger wrestling) are taking place. Two male contestants are holding piece of cord with their index fingers, they try to pull each other across table using just their fingers. Various shots of more finger wrestlers in action: looks very painful, sometimes the cord is broken. C/U of the eventual winner, Willi Lehner from Peissenberg. More shots finger wrestling. Willi pulls his opponent other right across the table into his lap. Good shots crowds shouting. C/U Willi Lehner with the trophy cup. Note: see separate records for other “News in Flashes“ stories in 59/83. 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, w