Basketball History

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Harlem Globetrotters (1950)

The Harlem Globetrotters basketball team play in France. Salle de Racing. Paris.

Duke With Taverners (1963)

Stars of the Taverners take part in charity basketball match with Harlem Globetrotters. London.

Harlem Globetrotters (1968)

Basketball match between Harlem Globetrotters and Chicago Cyclones. Berlin, Germany.

Army V Navy Basketball (1939)

The Army beats the Navy in a basketball match in Annapolis, Maryland, in the United States of America.

Holiday Sports - Basketball At Wembley (1938)

Fast basketball match at Wembley.

Basketball (1949)

Basketball match between St. Louis and Long Island University. America.

Basketball Aces (1932)

Basketball players in training in the United States of America.

Basketball (1940)

Various shots of a fast basketball game in a packed Madison Square Garden

Women's + Men's Basketball (1950)

Men's and women's basketball - USSR play USA - in Moscow.

Basketball At The Double Dublin Issue (1942)

Basketball match where the Hosquash All Stars beat the Detroit Eagles 43-41.

Italy 82 Vs Ussr 86 - Basketball In Milan (1962)

Captains exchange gifts before the basketball match, match in progress.

Basketball In New York (1939)

Footage of basketball match at Madison Square Garden's in the United States of America.

Cincinnati V Ohio State - Basketball (1962)

American college league final basketball match between Ohio State and Cincinnati.

Basketball In Bathchairs AKA Wheelchair Basketball (1948)

Various shots of game

Russians Win European Basketball Cup (1963)

Russian team Oska win European Basketball Cup against Spanish Real in Moscow.

Harlem Globetrotters In Prague (1964)

Harlem Globetrotters playing exhibition basketball match in Prague.

Basketball Final In Kentucky (1967)

The National Collegiate Basketball Championship in Kentucky. U.C.L.A. v Dayton

Basketball - Ohio Beaten By Wisconsin (1962)

Wisconsin beats Ohio in college basketball league game.

Battle Of The Baskets Dublin Issue (1941)

Basketball in USA: team from Long Island University beat team from University of Oregon.

Rome - Men's Netball (1937)

Netball match - French team lose by 44 points to 35 against team from Italian Universities.

Selected Originals Chairborne Basket Ball Competition. (1956)

Material relating to the Newsreel story "Chairborne Basket Ball Competition" 56/42