Clayton Game - But Famechon Easy Winner 1949

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Full title reads: "Manchester. Clayton Game - But Famechon Easy Winner".

Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire.

LV white-belted Ronnie Clayton fighting Famechon for European Featherweight boxing title. MV They exchange blows and Ray Famechon misses with left uppercut. They swap punches....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46518
Sort Number:
49/094
Time in/Out:
01:15:44:00 / 01:17:36:00
Canister:
49/94
Film ID:
1427.10
Issue Date:
24/11/1949

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