Joe Louis Fighting Fit (1941)

Footage from a medical testing of champion heavyweight boxer Joe Louis. He is checked to see wether he is fighting fit. Item title reads - Joe Louis fighting fit. America (USA). Various shots as champion heavyweight boxer Joe Louis undergoes medical tests to join the American army. Various shots as they measure his chest and check his blood pressure, weight and height which are all fine. C/U of Joe looking serious. M/S as he walks out of the medical centre accompanied by other men. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Vi