Jimmy Wilde Leaves For America 1919

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Item title reads: "Liverpool - The "Great Little" Jimmy Wilde leaves on the White Star Liner "Baltic" for boxing tour in the United States"

Liverpool, Merseyside.

M. Boxer Jimmy Wilde on deck of liner 'Baltic'. MS. Jimmy shaking hands; he pulls the man he is shaking hands with sharply...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25253
Sort Number:
G 0613
Time in/Out:
01:27:37:00 / 01:28:14:00
Canister:
G 613
Film ID:
200.18
Issue Date:
06/11/1919

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