18 Year Old Girl Channel Conquerer ! [sic]… 1928

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Full titles read: "18 year-old Girl Channel Conquerer! [sic] - Miss "Laddie" Sharp swims Channel in remarkable time of 14 hrs. 58 mins. ...just failing to beat Miss Ederle's record."

Dover, Kent.

Various shots of Laddie Sharp swimming the Channel. She is helped out of the water and...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35036
Sort Number:
G 1532
Time in/Out:
01:31:04:00 / 01:32:12:00
Canister:
G 1532
Film ID:
740.20
Issue Date:
27/08/1928

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