This film clip shows an amateur archery contest and a pair of boxing matches organised to celebrate the 1953 Coronation. Sports featured strongly in the city’s celebrations that year, with athletics, boating and body building all getting a showing.
Boxing and archery
This film clip shows an amateur archery contest and a pair of boxing matches organised to celebrate the 1953 Coronation. Sports featured strongly in the city’s celebrations that year, with athletics, boating and body building all getting a showing.