Boxing - Americans V British 1942

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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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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44301
Sort Number:
42/088
Time in/Out:
01:13:45:00 / 01:15:24:00
Canister:
42/88
Film ID:
1342.13
Issue Date:
02/11/1942

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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