Varsity Cross Country 1923

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Item title reads - 'Varsity cross country. Oxford beat Cambridge by brilliant team work. Roehampton.

M/S of the six members of one team. C/U of their captain who looks startled then laughs. M/S of the other team and C/U of their captain, someone behind him lifts his hair up, he smoothes it...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24143
Sort Number:
G 1043
Time in/Out:
01:48:09:00 / 01:49:17:00
Canister:
G 1043
Film ID:
324.40
Issue Date:
24/12/1923

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