Good Sport 1950-1959

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A Tida Film.

English countryside. Timbered houses, thatched cottages etc. Cricket on a village green. Lords Cricket Ground. Kennington Oval. Nottingham ground. Manchester County ground. Practising bowling and batting in "nets". Schoolboy is shown bowling technique. Golf England v Scotland...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70756
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:48:37:00 / 01:58:54:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1639.07
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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