Bowling Contest 1939

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Full titles read: "BOWLING CONTEST"

Various shots of a bowling competition underway at a bowling alley in the United States of America. M/S's of several competitors managing to achieve a 'strike'.

The commentator says that "... the American Bowling Congress launches a 58 day attack...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14201
Sort Number:
39/025
Time in/Out:
01:12:40:00 / 01:13:36:00
Canister:
39/25
Film ID:
1005.08
Issue Date:
27/03/1939

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