White City Athletics - Pirie And Hewson… 1955

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

London or Manchester

MS Race official fires starting pistol, race board in background. LS Athlete Gordon Pirie in tracksuit warming up. LS Crowd behind barriers. MS Group of runners taking off their tracksuits....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
79684
Sort Number:
UN 2748 B
Time in/Out:
01:31:16:00 / 01:38:39:00
Canister:
UN 2748 B
Film ID:
2686.18
Issue Date:
1955

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