A Great Homecoming AKA Cricketers' Homecoming… 1925

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Duplicate of item elsewhere on PM tapes - to be checked against main database.

Full title reads: Folkestone and London - A Great Homecoming - A.E.R. Gilligan and M.C.C. team home again from Australian tour.

Various shots of cricketers handing their tickets to a ticket collector as...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
92906
Sort Number:
UN 3694 C
Time in/Out:
01:18:30:00 / 01:20:43:00
Canister:
G 1183
Film ID:
3433.12
Issue Date:

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