Boxing - Gb V USA 1961

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Wembley Empire Pool, London.

GV. Ring with the members of boxing teams of Great Britain and USA (10 men) lined up at start of the amateur boxing competition between the two countries. Various shots of boxing fight between two boxers in progress. American boy attacks and is put down by the British...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
70074
Sort Number:
UN 3554 G
Time in/Out:
01:24:04:00 / 01:26:17:00
Canister:
UN 3554 G
Film ID:
2605.12
Issue Date:
1961

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