Boxing 1922

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Unknown location for this item.

No titles for this item. However, the intertitle reads: "In the sixth Round - Bloomfield although outboxed in every round - landed a beautiful short right to the jaw and once again the Bombarder met defeat."

Various shots of the boxing match in progress....

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23323
Sort Number:
G 0923
Time in/Out:
01:43:13:00 / 01:44:37:00
Canister:
G 923
Film ID:
286.31
Issue Date:
26/10/1922

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  • "Unknown location for this item" - the location is The Royal Albert Hall, London.

    The bout took place on 12 October 1922.

    The two boxers are Jack Bloomfield and Bombardier Billy Wells, (so "Bombarder", twice in text and once in tags, needs altering).

    jamied 6th Dec 2012

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