A Wash Out 1934

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This is a duplicate of item 773.19 - check for best quality.

Full title reads: "A WASH OUT - Fourth Test Match abandoned as a draw owing to torrential rain at Leeds."

Leeds, Yorkshire.

Various shots of the fourth cricket test match between Australia and England. It starts...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
92854
Sort Number:
34/060
Time in/Out:
01:28:39:00 / 01:31:16:00
Canister:
34/60
Film ID:
3429.14
Issue Date:
26/07/1934

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