Mind And Muscle AKA Mind V Muscle 1922

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Humorous story, of how two strongmen fail to lift the slender looking Miss Resista, London.

Full title reads: "MIND v MUSCLE - W. A. PULHAM, champion 9 stone weight lifter of the World and E. Aston, Britain's strongest man, cannot lift Miss 'RESISTA' - WHY?".

M/S of W. A. Pulham lifting...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23451
Sort Number:
G 0876
Time in/Out:
01:22:56:00 / 01:24:05:00
Canister:
G 876
Film ID:
266.20
Issue Date:
15/05/1922

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