Fighting Their Battles O'er Again 1925

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Item title reads - Fighting their battles o'er again - but on the bowling green. Chelsea Pensioners meet and defeat Naval Pensioners at bowls. Belvedere, Kent.

L/S of the bowlers stood on the green, the camera pans across them as someone takes a shot. M/S of two pensioners sat chatting. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19779
Sort Number:
G 1221
Time in/Out:
01:00:01:00 / 01:01:21:00
Canister:
G 1221
Film ID:
420.01
Issue Date:
03/09/1925

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