Sports Writers' Awards 1963

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Item title reads - Sports Writers' Awards.

London.

M/S of Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his wife arriving for the awards. M/S Mary Rand and Freddie Truman chatting. M/S Mr and Mrs Thompson of the Paraplegic Sports Club, both in wheelchairs. M/S tennis player Dorothy Hyman...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54996
Sort Number:
63/101
Time in/Out:
01:24:13:00 / 01:25:11:00
Canister:
63/101
Film ID:
1782.16
Issue Date:
16/12/1963

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