Army Cross Country Championships 1920

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Winchfield (Hinchfield)

Intertitle: "SOLDIER ATHLETES. 1st Batt. 'The Buffs' win Army Cross-Country Championship".

L/S of lots of soldiers in shorts and T-shirts running across a field towards the camera. M/S of army athletes running over scrubland, past the camera. Nice M/S of the...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21440
Sort Number:
G 0652
Time in/Out:
01:13:30:00 / 01:14:04:00
Canister:
G 652
Film ID:
208.12
Issue Date:
22/03/1920

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