Carnival Circuit · 1958 · All ages
The Madison Tent
Iron Jack Kane vs. Sailor Brannigan
Madison Tent, Des Moines
Two-out-of-three falls under hanging bulbs. Kane, already five years the carnival champion, meets a sailor who will not stay down. What survives is a wristlock, a crowd that will not sit, and the sound of canvas taking weight.
Program notes
Shot by a local newsreel man who had come to film the livestock show next door. The tent leaked. Kane's trunks were mended that afternoon. This is the oldest complete fragment in the vault.
- Iron Jack Kane
- Sailor Brannigan
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