Great Rugby Clash Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "GREAT RUGBY CLASH".

Pretoria, South Africa.

Several shots of The Governor General, Governor of Kenya Sir Henry Moore and Prime Minister of South Africa General Smuts attending a rugby match between the Northern Transvaal and the Western Province. The teams run out of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43613
Sort Number:
42/008
Time in/Out:
01:27:23:00 / 01:29:52:00
Canister:
42/8 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1316.17
Issue Date:
24/01/1942

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