Bowling 'em Over - Chicago AKA Skittles… 1941

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Title reads: "Bowling 'Em Over!".

Chicago, United States of America (USA).

Various shots of women bowling at a bowling alley. They are competing in the 1941 American Women's Skittles Championship. Natural sound; a woman competitor hands her baby over to her husband to hold and she...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38537
Sort Number:
41/021
Time in/Out:
01:10:33:00 / 01:11:19:00
Canister:
41/21
Film ID:
1109.10
Issue Date:
13/03/1941

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