Women's Bowls AKA Womens Bowls Issue Title… 1938

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Women's bowls. Part of OUT OF THE WOOD issue.

Cape Town, South Africa.

Some of the South African crack bowls players. Various shots of genteel looking white ladies playing lawn bowls. Includes trick shot: the film is reversed so the ball appears to bounce back into a woman player's...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42180
Sort Number:
NSP 098
Time in/Out:
01:35:24:00 / 01:35:59:00
Canister:
NSP 98
Film ID:
1250.23
Issue Date:
10/02/1938

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