Big Fight Postponed 1923

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Item title reads - Big Fight postponed. Tom Webster "goes one round" with Carpentier during break in Frenchman's training. Thorpe Bay.

Georges Carpentier and Tom Webster choose their golf clubs from the caddies. M/S as Georges aims at the ball, swings round and misses, he falls over and they...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23768
Sort Number:
G 0992
Time in/Out:
01:47:42:00 / 01:51:05:00
Canister:
G 992
Film ID:
308.26
Issue Date:
28/06/1923

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