Famous Boxers Xmas Greetings 1921

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Item title reads - Famous Boxers' Christmas greetings to all friends. Georges Carpentier and George Cook visit Pathe to convey their wishes through the medium of the Gazette. London.

M/S as Georges Carpentier and others file into the room and shake hands with a man behind a desk, he signs...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22667
Sort Number:
G 0834
Time in/Out:
01:20:02:00 / 01:21:00:00
Canister:
G 834
Film ID:
250.19
Issue Date:
19/12/1921

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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