[Wrestling TV show]: Lou Thesz vs Buddy Rogers (Reel 1/2)
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An episode of a syndicated wrestling show shot at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre. Shot live on film with three-camera coverage, it features a witty and entertaining narration from announcer Russ Davis. This is part two of a championship match between Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and NWA champion Lou Thesz (first half is on 2008-04-0197). This brutal and drawn out match ends unsatisfactorily in a draw as neither wrestler is able to win a second hold.; An episode of a syndicated wrestling show shot at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre. Shot live on film with three-camera coverage, it features a witty and entertaining narration from announcer Russ Davis. This is part one of a championship match between Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and NWA champion Lou Thesz (second half is on 2008-04-0196). Thesz wins the first fall with an airplane spin hold on Rogers.
Credits
Imperial World Films (production company); Sylvia Davis (producer); Russell Davis (director); Lou Thesz (performer); Buddy Rogers (performer); Jack Dempsey (participant); Russell Davis (commentator)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Russ and Sylvia Davis Collection
Distributed by: Imperial World Films; Imperial World Films
Subjects: Wrestling; Wrestling matches; Wrestling matches; Wrestling
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English; English
Shot log: 00:00 MS Buddy Rogers in corner recuperating before next round, men exchanging holds and punching each other, flying head scissors on T., armscissors on T.; 05:00 CU T. held down on mat, MS T. trying to break free, Dempsey breaks hold due to R. pulling T. hair, T. headlock on R., CU R. trying to break headlock, MS dropkick on T., piledriver on T., R. wins second fall at 09:17, CU T. resting between rounds,; 10:00 third round begins, R. reprimanded by Dempsey for illegal punches, R. slams T. into corner, R. wristhold onT., CU T. standing up to break hold, MS Dempsey reprimanding R. for pulling hair, men punching each other, bodyslam on T., hammerlock on R.,; 15:00 both men on floor almost knocked out struggling to get up, T. slams into R. and both fall out of ring, T. headlock on R., dropkick on T., bodyslams on R., headscissors on R.; 20:00 leglock on T., men exchange holds and punches, armscissors on R., flying bodypress on R.; 25:24 final bell rings and ends in a draw, out 25:52 on a THE END card; 00:00 MS Wrestlers in ring before match, first round starts with men circling each other, armlock on R., Davis recalling previous meetings between T. and R., R. flipping T. trying to break hold but fails, CU toehold on T., MS T. armlock on R., bodyslam on T., Davis on bodyslam “that’d take the humps off of a dromedary camel”; 05:00 CU R. punching T., MS R. being reprimanded by Dempsey, CU T. punching R., MS headlock on R., flying bodypress on R., CU bodyscissor on R.,; 10:00 MS R. trying to break hold, punches T. in face to break free, bodyslam on R., headlock on T.,; 15:00 T. breaks out but is quickly put back into a headlock, T. hammerlock on R., R. headlock on T., flying toehold on R.,; 19:50 CU T. twisting R.’s leg, MS headlock on T., R. pushed off of T. by Dempsey, headlock on T., T. kneelift on R., headlock on T. side mare on T., CU headlock on T., MS R. punching T. in the head, airplane spin on R., T. winds first fall at 24:32,; 25:00 T. in corner with his manager Ed “Strangler” Lewis a retired wrestler, out 25:32
Cfa elements: Print, 925 feet, 1/2
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/4292
Distributed by: Imperial World Films; Imperial World Films
Subjects: Wrestling; Wrestling matches; Wrestling matches; Wrestling
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English; English
Shot log: 00:00 MS Buddy Rogers in corner recuperating before next round, men exchanging holds and punching each other, flying head scissors on T., armscissors on T.; 05:00 CU T. held down on mat, MS T. trying to break free, Dempsey breaks hold due to R. pulling T. hair, T. headlock on R., CU R. trying to break headlock, MS dropkick on T., piledriver on T., R. wins second fall at 09:17, CU T. resting between rounds,; 10:00 third round begins, R. reprimanded by Dempsey for illegal punches, R. slams T. into corner, R. wristhold onT., CU T. standing up to break hold, MS Dempsey reprimanding R. for pulling hair, men punching each other, bodyslam on T., hammerlock on R.,; 15:00 both men on floor almost knocked out struggling to get up, T. slams into R. and both fall out of ring, T. headlock on R., dropkick on T., bodyslams on R., headscissors on R.; 20:00 leglock on T., men exchange holds and punches, armscissors on R., flying bodypress on R.; 25:24 final bell rings and ends in a draw, out 25:52 on a THE END card; 00:00 MS Wrestlers in ring before match, first round starts with men circling each other, armlock on R., Davis recalling previous meetings between T. and R., R. flipping T. trying to break hold but fails, CU toehold on T., MS T. armlock on R., bodyslam on T., Davis on bodyslam “that’d take the humps off of a dromedary camel”; 05:00 CU R. punching T., MS R. being reprimanded by Dempsey, CU T. punching R., MS headlock on R., flying bodypress on R., CU bodyscissor on R.,; 10:00 MS R. trying to break hold, punches T. in face to break free, bodyslam on R., headlock on T.,; 15:00 T. breaks out but is quickly put back into a headlock, T. hammerlock on R., R. headlock on T., flying toehold on R.,; 19:50 CU T. twisting R.’s leg, MS headlock on T., R. pushed off of T. by Dempsey, headlock on T., T. kneelift on R., headlock on T. side mare on T., CU headlock on T., MS R. punching T. in the head, airplane spin on R., T. winds first fall at 24:32,; 25:00 T. in corner with his manager Ed “Strangler” Lewis a retired wrestler, out 25:32
Cfa elements: Print, 925 feet, 1/2
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/4292
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