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Cricket scenes with Don Bradman II
Australian national hero and cricketing legend, Don Bradman, runs the gauntlet of cricket fans in this amazing film from the 1948 tour
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One of the all-time greats of cricket, Don Bradman, appears in this action-packed amateur film from 1949 featuring the man himself in action on the field surrounded by several thousand appreciative fans. Bradman is seen batting until he is caught (offscreen behind the bowler).
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