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Topical Budget 151-2: Carpentier and Gunboat Smith (1914)
 

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TITLE: "CARPENTIER AND GUNBOAT SMITH. the young French boxer leaving the Hotel Metropole for the Olympia. Gunboat Smith sparring for charity". Boxer Georges Carpentier surrounded by admirers; Gunboat Smith boxing at a charity show [scenes prior to their London bout].