World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Gene Tunney
World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Gene Tunney
Master 1495 - Tape 1 MSs world heavyweight boxing champion GENE TUNNEY sitting in rocking chair in sunny backyard, flipping through book. MS "The Fighting Marine" Gene Tunney milking cow while two white men watch on (one holds reigns, the other mockingly cranks tail). Head-on traveling TLS/MSs Gene Tunney running with four young men (road work, training). Great MSs shirtless Gene Tunney posing, flexing beside house (back muscle, bicep, shoulder & chest poses). LS Gene Tunney fighting, knocking out Georges Carpentier, New York City, 7/24/1924. MS Gene Tunney sitting on shoulders of uniformed United States Marines, Army soldiers; great panning TLS gaggle of white children smiling, waving, cheering at the camera; MS Mr Tunney sitting on military shoulders, doffing hat. TLS newsreel cameramen filming inside boxing ring, Gene Tunney slipping between ropes for fight against Tommy Gibbons at Polo Grounds, NYC, 6/5/1925; MS Mr Tunney posing for cameras with boxer TOMMY GIBBONS, boxing promoter TEX RICKARD (George Rickard, George "Tex" Rickard) and cornermen in boxing ring; MS Tommy Gibbons sitting, smiling in corner, during pre-fight; MS Mr Tunney posing in corner w/ towel draped over shoulders; LS/MSs 12th round of Tunney-Gibbons fight, Mr Gibbons going down to a stiff right cross to the jaw, but up at 7 count; slo mo of Tunney delivering two rights to the jaw, sending Gibbons to the canvas but for good (KO, knockout, knock out). MS Gene Tunney working heavy bag during training camp; panning MS Mr Tunney sparring; great MSs Mr Tunney sparring jokingly with precocious little boy (might be his son); MS Mr Tunney posing w/ lil boy, who offers the champ a big hug (cute).