Warspite Boys 1938

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Grays, Essex.

Various shots at a sports ground of the sports day of boys belonging to the training ship 'Warspite'. The cadets are seen in a relay race, jumping hurdles, pushing a water filled container with a pole while being pushed along in a wheelbarrow, climbing ropes, crawling under nets...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18030
Sort Number:
38/075
Time in/Out:
01:27:53:00 / 01:28:43:00
Canister:
38/75
Film ID:
981.25
Issue Date:
19/09/1938

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