Wimbledon Tennis Stars In Final 1946

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Item title reads - Tennis stars in finals. Wimbledon.

London.

M/S as Drobney, of Czechoslovakia and Geoffrey Brown of Australia walk onto the court for their tennis match. M/S of Brown in action showing his famous double handed forehand drive. Crowds, heads turning from left to right,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45687
Sort Number:
46/054
Time in/Out:
01:21:35:00 / 01:23:29:00
Canister:
46/54
Film ID:
1404.13
Issue Date:
08/07/1946

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