Davis Cup 1936

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Item title reads - Davis Cup challenge round at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon, Greater London.

M/S of the spectators sat around the tennis court, the camera pans across to the players. The narrator tells us the players are England's H. W. Austin (wearing shorts) and Australia's J. H. Crawford....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13066
Sort Number:
36/060
Time in/Out:
01:05:33:00 / 01:06:22:00
Canister:
36/60
Film ID:
889.04
Issue Date:
27/07/1936

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