Sand Billiards 1936

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Quick story about men who have drawn a billiards table on the sand of a flat beach.

A group of people stand over the players and watch them knock balls about the sand. Nice MS of an elderly sailor wearing his cap and smoking a pipe as he cues up his shot.

N.B. Story goes out of rack...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41716
Sort Number:
NSP 027
Time in/Out:
01:34:22:00 / 01:34:33:00
Canister:
NSP 27
Film ID:
1222.22
Issue Date:
01/10/1936

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