Explorations: wrestling

A candid-camera view of professional wrestling as seen in the Montreal Forum, where some of the biggest bouts are staged, and in back-street wrestling parlors where the warriors practice their art. Nothing escapes the probing camera as well-muscled tyros grapple, punch, squirm, roar and grimace, adding their own variations of showmanship to amuse and excite the crowd.

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Credits

producer

Jacques Bobet

production company

ONF | NFB

co-director

Michel Brault

Marcel Carriere

Claude Fournier

Claude Jutra

Duration

00:27:55:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323281

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Entertainers

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Montreal (Quebec)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Professional sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Canada

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Wrestling

Music & Performing Arts → Entertainers

Places → Montreal (Quebec)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1961

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