AND
AND RADIOS TO FOLLOW LOUISVILLE NATIVE CASSIUS CLAY IN HIS4@
BIGGEST FIGHT TO DATE...SONNY LISTON IN MIAMI.4@
THE NEWSFILM YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE
HASN'T
HASN'T
HASN'T SEEN SINCE IT AIRED ON THIS STATION ON THAT DAY IN
1964...ONE CLIP OF CLAY AS A4@
TEENAGER
IS A TRUE LOCAL TREASURE.4@
NATS
NATS FILE
NATS FILE "1-13-1957" SHOT @ 6:26 RECOGNIZE THE TALL SKINNY KID?
15 YEAR OLD CASSIUS CLAY4@
WEIGHING IN FOR A
4@
4@
4@ 4@
4@ 4@ LOUISVILLE YOUTH BOXING MATCH.
IT'S WHAS NEWSFILM THAT HASN'T
BEEN
SEEN SINCE IT AIRED IN JANUARY
OF 1957...
..THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY TO
4@
THIS:
4@ THIS:
4@ THIS: LOUISVILLE'S CASSIUS CLAY VERSUS
SONNY
SONNY LISTON...THEIR FIRST MEETING...RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25
1964.
THIS WOULD BE THE FUTURE CHAMP'S
LAST
LAST
LAST FIGHT AS CASSIUS CLAY...THE 22 YEAR OLD WOULD BECOME MUHAMMAD
ALI RIGHT4@
AFTER THE MATCH...THE UNDERDOG4@
DEFEATING
DEFEATING
LISTON
LISTON IN
LISTON IN A MAJOR UPSET. AND THE 4@4@ NICKNAME LOUISVILLE LIP?
THIS CHUMP
THIS CHUMP
IT
IT STARTED RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF WHAS TV4@ FILM CAMERAS LONG BEFORE THE
LISTON FIGHT.
LISTON FIGHT. 4@
4@
4@ 4@
4@ 4@ THIS CHUMP---KEEP TALKING.
WHAS' LEGENDARY SPORTS DIRECTOR
CAWOOD LEDFORD STARTED COVERING@
CLAY
CLAY IN
CLAY IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS., SPORTS REEL 92 1:38- :464@ WHO DO HE THINKS HE IS, YOU IN
TWO! THE
PREDICTION IS ROUND TWO,. IN
FEBRUARY OF 1964 LOUISVILLE WAS
A BUZZ
A BUZZ
A BUZZ WITH THE LISTON FIGHT. CLEARLY THE
TALK4@ OF THE AREA HAD BECOME4@
CASSIUS
CLAY'S WILD SELF CONFIDENCE AND
BOASTING. HIS GRANDMOTHER MRS
HERMAN CLAY SAT DOWN WITH WHAS TO4@
SHED SOME LIGHT.
REPORTER:
REPORTER: DOES HE MEAN WHAT HE SAYS4@ MRS CLAY: NO. HE KEEPS TALKING
TO BE
TALKING.
REPORTER: ANYONE LISTENING TO4@
THE
MATCH WITH YOU.
MRS CLAY: NO I4@ DON'T WANT
ANYONE, I WANT
MATCH WITH YOU. MRS CLAY: NO I4@ DON'T WANT ANYONE, I WANT4@
IT TO BE QUIET.
AS EXCITEMENT GREW WHAS FOLLOWED
THE
THE
THE STORY.4@ STAND UP DAVID DICK WHAS FILE
2-24-64
1:09-1:19
2-24-64 1:09-1:19 THIS IS WHERE CASSIUS CLAY WENT
TO HIGH
TO HIGH
TO HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL BETWEEN 11TH AND
12TH,.
12TH,.
12TH,. AND LISTEN TO THESE PREDICTIONS...A LITTLE
OFF WOULDN'T YOU SAY? BITE FILE
2-21-64
2-21-64
2-21-64 10:23-10:51 DD: YOU THINK CASSIUS TALKS TOO
MUCH?
MUCH?
MUCH? GIRL: YES HE TALKS TOO MUCH BUT
IT'S4@
IT'S4@
IT'S4@ MORE FOR THE PUBLICITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE----CHAMPION
THOUGH."
LISTON GAVE UP AT THE OPENING OF
THE 7TH4@
THE 7TH4@
THE 7TH4@ ROUND IN MIAMI. IN LOUISVILLE, WHAS WAS GETT4@IG
REACTION TO CASSIUS CLAY'S
VICTORYH, AS PEOPLE CROWDED AROUND TVS AND4@
RADIOS TOGETHER.
RADIOS TOGETHER. 4@4@4@
4@4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ 4@
4@4@ 4@ 4@A RISING STAR ON FEBRUARY 25
194@64:
THE WORLD WAS WAITING. WHAS4@
DAVID DICK STAND UP CLOSE FILE
2-24-64
3:34-3:40
2-24-64 3:34-3:40 NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH HIM BUT
4@
THEY ALL
SEEM4@ TO BE PULLING FOR HIM, TS
IS DAVID
IS DAVID
IS DAVID DICK AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL LOUISVILLE.4@
LOUISVILLE.4@ SO WHY ARE NOW SEEING ALL OF
THIS
THIS
THIS 4@
4@
4@ NEWLY
4@ NEWLY UNEARTHED FILM? WE ARE
THRILLED TO TELL YOU THAT WHAS 11 IS THE EXCLUSIVE PARTNER WITH
4@
FAMED
4@ FAMED
4@ FAMED DOCUMENTARIAN KEN BURNS OF PBS.
HIS
HIS
HIS RESEARCH TEAM HAS BEEN CAMPED OUT IN
OUR BUILDING FOR WEEKS, GOING
THROUGH OUR FILM. IT'S GOING TO
BE USED
BE USED
BE USED IN HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY ON MUHAMMAD ALI...WHICH WILL BE
AIRING IN THE
FALL OF 2021.
4@