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Strong Man Beware - Other Colour Pics Share… 1959
Description
Joe Bloom's Gymnasium, London.
C/U shot of a man cleaning teeth. C/U shot of a lower rung of a chair. The man bites the rung and lifts the chair while a girl is sitting on it. The man is Butty Sugrue, the strongest man in Ireland and, many think, in whole Europe - informs a voiceover.
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Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:08:44:00 / 01:10:45:00
- Canister:
- CP 219
- Film ID:
- 87.04
- Issue Date:
- 09/03/1959
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