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His Home Town's Welcome 1932
Description
Full title reads: "Cardiff. His Home Town's Welcome. Lord Mayor and jubilant crowds greet handsome Jack Petersen - first Welshman to be Britain's heavy-weight Champion."
Cardiff, Wales.
Welsh boxer Jack Petersen and colleague displaying the Lonsdale belt he won in becoming Britain's...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 4642
- Sort Number:
- 32/057
- Time in/Out:
- 01:44:00:00 / 01:44:35:00
- Canister:
- 32/57
- Film ID:
- 641.35
- Issue Date:
- 18/07/1932
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