Sports Shorts 1947

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This is a duplicate of item 1177.26 - check for best quality.

Full title reads: "Sports Shorts".

Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. South Africa V. England in cricket test at Nottingham.

LS Various shots of the cricket match in progress. CU Alan Melville,...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
93309
Sort Number:
47/047
Time in/Out:
01:37:14:00 / 01:38:21:00
Canister:
47/47
Film ID:
3461.18
Issue Date:
12/06/1947

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