Wot! No Thrills? Version 1 1946

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Title reads: "Wot! No Thrills?".

London and Vienna, Austria.

Sunday Chronicle Chess Tournament in London. Various shots of chess game between Arturo Pomar, 14 year old chess champion from Spain, and a man. M/S of another pair playing chess, one is a serviceman. Various shots of people...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44947
Sort Number:
46/005
Time in/Out:
01:24:30:00 / 01:25:54:00
Canister:
46/5
Film ID:
1372.20
Issue Date:
17/01/1946

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