Tennis That Thrills Fred Perry Wimbledon… 1933

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Full title reads: "Wimbledon. Tennis that Thrills. F J Perry and G P Hughes ... Great Britain... by sparkling play, defeat D P Turnbull and A K Quist ... Australia ... in Davis Cup (European Zone) Final Tie ... by 3 sets to one."

All England Tennis Club, Wimbledon. London.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6587
Sort Number:
33/057
Time in/Out:
01:56:14:00 / 01:57:44:00
Canister:
33/57
Film ID:
729.43
Issue Date:
18/07/1933

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