Boxing - Freddie Mills Knocks Out Len Harvey 1942

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Titles read: "BOXING - FREDDIE MILLS KNOCKS OUT LEN HARVEY".

Tottenham, London.

At White Hart Lane football ground we see Freddie Mills and Len Harvey preparing for their boxing match before a huge crowd of 30,000 spectators. Mills and Harvey are introduced.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43973
Sort Number:
42/051
Time in/Out:
01:00:11:00 / 01:02:21:00
Canister:
42/51
Film ID:
1332.01
Issue Date:
26/06/1942

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