The Gloves Are Off In USA 1950

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Full title reads: "The Gloves Are Off In USA"

Madison Square Garden, New York, United States of America (USA). America's Golden Gloves amateur boxing championship reach their final.

SV Maurice Haran (in light trunks) V Dick Hill. MV Haran hits Hill on chin and Hill goes down. SV Hill...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
47607
Sort Number:
50/024
Time in/Out:
01:00:11:00 / 01:01:30:00
Canister:
50/24
Film ID:
1460.01
Issue Date:
23/03/1950

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