Golden Gloves Tournament Opens AKA Golden… 1938

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Titles read: "GOLDEN GLOVES TOURNAMENT OPENS".

New York, United States of America.

At the Hippodrome we see two boxing rings set up side by side. In one ring we see two African-Americans, Earl Jones and Bob Norman, fighting it out. Brief shots of spectators; one films with a cine camera....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16384
Sort Number:
38/020
Time in/Out:
01:08:35:00 / 01:09:52:00
Canister:
38/20
Film ID:
957.12
Issue Date:
13/03/1938

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