World's Greatest Athletes & Record Breakers… 1924

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Ireland.

Title: "WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETES AND RECORD-BREAKERS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES arrive for Aonac Tailteann and are welcomed by the Director Mr. J. J. Walsh".

Mr. W. shaking hands with various young men in straw boaters, behind them another man waves the American Flag, an older...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24535
Sort Number:
G 1108
Time in/Out:
01:19:30:00 / 01:20:21:00
Canister:
G 1108
Film ID:
350.06
Issue Date:
07/08/1924

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