Famous Garda Boxers 1927

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Item title reads: " Famous Garda Boxers. Hard in training for the Garda sports' week which will be held in Dublin, June 22-26."

Dublin, Ireland

M/S as boxers train in an exercise area and randomly attack each other. They look quite thin. One man wears black knickers and another has...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
32988
Sort Number:
G 1397
Time in/Out:
01:13:42:00 / 01:15:00:00
Canister:
G 1397
Film ID:
682.11
Issue Date:
12/05/1927

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