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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Collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323281
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Entertainers
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Montreal (Quebec)
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Professional sports
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Canada
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Wrestling
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)