Holiday Sports - Basketball At Wembley 1938

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Wembley, London.

Various shots of a basketball match at Wembley. One player scores a goal just before the end of the item. Commentator says it's "the latest craze from America, but we've been playing it in one form or another for 45 years".

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17116
Sort Number:
38/032
Time in/Out:
01:14:12:00 / 01:14:40:00
Canister:
38/32
Film ID:
961.17
Issue Date:
21/04/1938

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