Soccer By Searchlight 1920

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Preston, Lancashire.

Intertitle: "SOCCER by SEARCHLIGHT! Novel game played for ex-service unemployed fund won by Dick Kerrs Ladies' Football Team".

Night shot of the packed terraces of a football stadium, spectators can be seen waving their hats in the floodlights.

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22043
Sort Number:
G 0730
Time in/Out:
01:42:41:00 / 01:44:01:00
Canister:
G 730
Film ID:
224.36
Issue Date:
20/12/1920

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