Third Test Match - Old Trafford 1938

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Manchester.

Various shots of the cricket ground at Old Trafford where rain washed out the Third Test Match. Cricket officials examine sections of the rain-soaked pitch. A few people sit in the spectator stand and wander about outside.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17258
Sort Number:
38/055
Time in/Out:
01:50:12:00 / 01:50:29:00
Canister:
38/55
Film ID:
969.48
Issue Date:
11/07/1938

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