MCC Make Test Start 1962

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Titles read: 'MCC MAKE TEST START".

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

General view of Queens Street in Brisbane. England cricketers Edward Dexter, Peter Parfitt and Fred Titmus walk along the street towards camera. David Sheppard signs an autograph book for a young man.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54024
Sort Number:
62/100
Time in/Out:
01:37:26:00 / 01:42:05:00
Canister:
62/100
Film ID:
1741.09
Issue Date:
13/12/1962

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