Chess Championships (1948)

Unissued / Unused material. Chess Championship of the World taking place at Haarlem, The Hague, Holland (The Netherlands). Various shots Mikhail Botvinnik, Dr. Euwe, Keres, Resheviski and Smyslou, drawing for numbers in the Council Room at the Hague with Burgomaster Visser. M/S press photographers. Various shots the Zoo, The Hague. Various shots men at tables playing chess. Cataloguer’s note: shots are quite dark. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewe