Indoor Bowls 1960

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C/U of a statue of Francis Drake near the bowling green at Plymouth Hoe in Devon; commentator talks of how Drake made the game famous by refusing to interrupt a game as the Spanish Armada approached. L/S of a game of bowls being played on the green; a war memorial is seen in the background, the Drake...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1649
Sort Number:
CP 309
Time in/Out:
01:58:09:00 / 02:00:06:00
Canister:
CP 309
Film ID:
119.18
Issue Date:
28/11/1960

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