Cornish Wrestling Centenary (1926)

Full title reads: “Cornish Wrestling Centenary. To commemorate the famous match in 1825 between the Cornish and Devon Giants - Polkinghorne and Cann“. St. Columb, Cornwall. L/S of crowd gathered on village green with church spire in background. Crowd are watching a wrestling match. M/S of two men in tight shorts wrestling, another man appears to referee. Intertitle reads: “Ding-dong struggles in the real Cornish style“. M/S of another pair wrestling watched by two referees. C/U of one of the wrestlers. 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 Brit