Aston Villa Start Training AKA Football… 1920

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Item title reads - Football is coming. Aston Villa players use finger football game as prelude to serious training. Birmingham, West Midlands.

M/S of a clergyman stood with two football players, they take a seat at a table with a big net over the top, they press levers at the side which cause...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21914
Sort Number:
G 0694
Time in/Out:
01:39:50:00 / 01:40:32:00
Canister:
G 694
Film ID:
218.24
Issue Date:
16/08/1920

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