Stoke Mandeville Spinal Unit's Sports Festival… 1955

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Stoke Mandeville.

280 competitors from 18 countries have gathered in Stoke Mandeville for International Paraplegic Games. SCU. Men in wheelchairs moving towards "France" label above them, & SCU. "Germany" label. SCU. Men in wheelchairs: "South Africa", "Turkey", "U.S.A.", "Yugoslavia". SCU....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31016
Sort Number:
55/062
Time in/Out:
01:38:09:00 / 01:39:25:00
Canister:
55/62
Film ID:
539.31
Issue Date:
04/08/1955

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