Darts With Champion Jim Pike 1946

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Titles read: "PIC SPORTS SERIES - DARTS With Champion JIM PIKE".

London, probably Pathe Studio.

Various shots of darts champion Jim Pike demonstrating his skill at the dartboard. Commentator talks us through his technique. M/Ss of Jim's feet show the right and wrong ways to stand when...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45536
Sort Number:
NP 118
Time in/Out:
01:11:58:00 / 01:13:22:00
Canister:
NP 118
Film ID:
1398.07
Issue Date:
16/12/1946

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  • "A man stands in front of the dartboard with a cigarette in his mouth" - the man is Johnny Ross.

    jamied 3rd Jul 2012

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