Judo Champion Retires (1965)

Rumpt, Holland (Netherlands). Several shots of small village of Rumpt, Holland. Villagers gathered to welcome the Olympic and world judo champion Anton Geesink who has decided to retire there. Village orchestra is playing, crowd looking on as Anton Geesink arrives in car. Geesink is feted on the announcement he will retire and live in the village. The band plays and he drives through the crowd of villagers in a horse drawn cart. (F.G.) Date found in the old record 31/10/1965. 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