The Man Of The Week 1947

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Full title reads: "The Man Of The Week".

Parsonage Colliery, near Bolton, Lancashire.

Joe Baksi, American heavyweight boxer, visits miners near Bolton at the beginning of their five day week.

LS Coal miners, with Baksi and John Parsons among them walking down some steps as...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
28057
Sort Number:
47/037
Time in/Out:
01:37:15:00 / 01:38:30:00
Canister:
47/37
Film ID:
1183.17
Issue Date:
08/05/1947

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