Eton Field Game 1959

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Eton, Berkshire.

Various shots show boys of Eton College preparing for and playing the 'Field Game', which is apparently a cross between soccer and rugby football, with lots of strange rules added in. Several shots of the scrums and then boys running with the ball. In a weird move, one of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2582
Sort Number:
CP 260
Time in/Out:
01:29:22:00 / 01:31:39:00
Canister:
CP 260
Film ID:
99.19
Issue Date:
21/12/1959

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