Cycle Polo 1931

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Full titles read: "Cycle polo - A la Francais. Not quite so fast and furious as real Polo - but when you haven't got a horse a bicycle must do!"

France.

Various shots of men riding around a sports pitch on bicycles, swiping at a ball with polo sticks. A sparse crowd watches.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37085
Sort Number:
PT 088
Time in/Out:
01:10:50:00 / 01:11:45:00
Canister:
PT 088
Film ID:
1044.06
Issue Date:
30/11/1931

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