Akc Review Of The Year 1953 (1953)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Titles read: ’THE ARMY KINEMA CORPORATION PRESENTS - NEWS PARADE PRODUCED BY ASSOCIATED BRITISH-PATHE LTD. SPORTING REVIEW OF 1953’. At Aldershot Military Stadium in Hampshire soldier fans arrive for a rugby match between the First Battalion Welsh Guards and the First Training Regiment Royal Signals. Several shots of this finals match for the Army Rugby Union Challenge Cup. Final score 35 - 0 to the Signals; brief shot of the team posing with their cup. Royal Albert Hall in London: people sit watching a boxing match between George Cooper (dark shorts) and Private Erskine (?) in the heavyweight final of the Army Individual Open Amateur Boxing Championships. Erskine wins. General Sir John T Crocker meets players before the start of the Army Football Cup Final at Aldershot. The 7th Training Regiment Royal Signals play against the 28th Battalion RAOC. Several shots of the match. Final score 3 - 2 to Signallers; captain receives c
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