Mitou, Romanian boxer, Paris, France, 1935

France’s tall boxer. Originally part of News in a Nutshell - international news stories in brief. Paris, France. Various shots of extremely tall man. He is Mitou (sp.?), the Romanian / Rumanian boxer. We see him do various things to demonstrate his phenomenal size - getting out of car, standing next to child, touching street lamp, holding clenched fist next to that of normal sized man. C/U of his enormous feet. C/U of man taking photograph - Mitou puts his hand over the camera lens. Note: unsure of correct spelling of boxer’s name - more information gratefully received. 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.
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