Sportsmen Honour Denis Compton 1949

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This is a duplicate of item 1506.34 - check for best quality.

Full title reads: "SPORTSMEN HONOUR DENNIS COMPTON".

Empress Hall, Earl's Court, London.

MV. Cricketer Denis Compton dancing with film star Anna Neagle, & SC. MV. Group of sportsmen and wives including Bedser twins...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
93333
Sort Number:
49/080
Time in/Out:
01:28:46:00 / 01:29:19:00
Canister:
49/80
Film ID:
3462.15
Issue Date:
06/10/1949

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