The Ashes - Brisbane. Australia AKA The… 1946

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Item title reads - The First Test. George Harrison ("News of the World") reports.

Brisbane, Australia.

Various shots of the crowd, lying in the sun, some with newspapers and knotted handkerchiefs on their heads as protection. L/S of Don Bradman and Wally Hammond, the two captains,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46137
Sort Number:
46/097
Time in/Out:
01:25:20:00 / 01:27:41:00
Canister:
46/97
Film ID:
1416.18
Issue Date:
05/12/1946

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