Athletic - British Girls Beat Czechs 1954

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Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.

SV captains embracing and exchanging bouquets. SV English team lined up in stadium. GV crowd. LV pan, the 800 metre race. SV towards, 800 metre race, Czech champion Bedrishka Mullerova soon fades and Diane Leather leads, followed by Nora Smalley. SV crowd applauding....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30010
Sort Number:
54/080
Time in/Out:
01:34:12:00 / 01:35:31:00
Canister:
54/80
Film ID:
194.19
Issue Date:
14/10/1954

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