The Test Match Beware - Other Items Share… 1934

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Full title reads: "THE TEST MATCH - First match of the series at Trent Bridge, Nottingham."

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.

Crowds arriving to the stadium, full stadium. Various shots of the first cricket test match between Australia and England. It starts raining and the match is stopped....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
8831
Sort Number:
34/047
Time in/Out:
01:18:43:00 / 01:21:15:00
Canister:
34/47
Film ID:
789.11
Issue Date:
11/06/1934

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