Ball Game AKA Stoolball Issue Title Is Believe… 1940

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Part of BELIEVE IT OR NOT issue.

Kent.

Ancient game of stoolball / stool ball. Various shots of girls playing the old game of stoolball on the village green of a Kentish village. The game is thought to be one of the origins of cricket - the only difference is the young women playing...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42865
Sort Number:
NSP 209
Time in/Out:
01:02:10:00 / 01:02:55:00
Canister:
NSP 209
Film ID:
1288.02
Issue Date:
04/04/1940

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