World At Your Elbow Aka Boxing / Capetown Carnival / Skating (1947)

Full title reads: “World At Your Elbow“ Boxing at Sydney Stadium Australia. Welshman Ronnie James, British Light weight champion versus Tommy Burns. LS&MS Various shots of the boxers in action. MS A “Still“ shot showing the foul when Burns hit James while he was down that gave James the contest. CU James seconds put on his dressing gown. MS The referee stopping the bout. CU cut in shots of the crowd, showing a woman and a little boy. South Africa. Cape Town’s African population stages its annual carnival celebrating freedom from slavery. CU sign reads: “Colossal Coons Carnival“. CU Head shot of a gaily dressed African wearing straw hat (he appears to have blacked up in Minstrel style). MS of children waving as the parade goes by. LS & MS Various shots of the happy parade through the streets, many of them performing peculiar dancing antics. CU 2 children perched on the shoulders of their parents to get a view of the procession. MS Dancing and singing contests in Cape Town Stadium. - People takin