Boxing Fever 1909

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Unused / unissued material -

Full title reads: "Boxing Fever. London". This is a Lion's Head Brand film.

Fairground boxing booth where visitors try to knock out the champion and win five pounds, the first contestants is knocked out but the very eager (and possibly drunk) third man...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60965
Sort Number:
UN 0001 H (N)
Time in/Out:
01:14:47:00 / 01:24:10:00
Canister:
UN 1 H (N)
Film ID:
1828.03
Issue Date:

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