Women Footballers 1920

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Preston, Lancashire?

A team of young women come out of the dressing rooms on to the pitch, they wear stripy shirts and caps, one of them playfully kicks a ball. The terraces are packed, mainly with men. M/S of the opposing team, women in white shirts march onto the pitch - they seem more regimented...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21779
Sort Number:
G 0662
Time in/Out:
01:03:08:00 / 01:04:03:00
Canister:
G 662
Film ID:
210.03
Issue Date:
26/04/1920

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  • This clip features the "Dick, Kerr" ladies team (of Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd), against a representative French XI.

    The location is, as the cataloguer suspects, Preston, (the Deepdale ground).

    "women in white shirts march onto the pitch" - that's the French team, wearing berets.

    jamied 3rd Jun 2012

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