Coming Champions AKA Kid Boxers In New York 1940

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Full title reads: "Coming Champions".

New York, United States of America (USA).

VS of young boys boxing for the New York Boys Clubs boxing championships. Good shots of boys in crowd shouting and getting very excited.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20569
Sort Number:
40/019 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:50:22:00 / 01:51:51:00
Canister:
40/19 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1037.44
Issue Date:
04/03/1940

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