Gendarmes Beaten By 'bobbies' 1926

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Blackheath, Greater London.

Title: "Gendarmes beaten by Bobbies. Metropolitan Police - after a lusty rugby duel - beat Paris Team by 10 points to 3".

M/S of four bagpipers leading one of the teams (the French?) out of a pavilion and onto the pitch, the opposing team follows.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25483
Sort Number:
G 1262
Time in/Out:
01:24:24:00 / 01:25:40:00
Canister:
G 1262
Film ID:
448.12
Issue Date:
25/01/1926

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