Joe Davis 1950

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Leicester Square, London.

Various shots show snooker expert Joe Davis demonstrating a new trick shot at Leicester Square Hall. He pushes the white ball towards a pocket then gets 7 others in before the white gets there.

More tricks follow, involving the white leaping over a line of...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34442
Sort Number:
NP 293
Time in/Out:
01:21:46:00 / 01:22:42:00
Canister:
NP 293
Film ID:
1277.15
Issue Date:
24/04/1950

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