Titles read: "BOXING - AMERICANS V BRITISH - EXCLUSIVE PICTURES".
Somewhere in Britain.
Various shots of a boxing match between 'British Amateur Leather Pushers of the REME' (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) and a team of 'part-time pugs of the American Eagles'.
Titles read: "BOXING - AMERICANS V BRITISH - EXCLUSIVE PICTURES".
Somewhere in Britain.
Various shots of a boxing match between 'British Amateur Leather Pushers of the REME' (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) and a team of 'part-time pugs of the American Eagles'.
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