38 Degrees 1925

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Item title reads - 38 degrees! did not stop theses hardy Clontarf swimmers from having their Christmas Day swim. Ireland.

M/S as a man bends down and sticks a thermometer into the water, he lifts it out and looks at it then smiles. L/S of the swimmers in the race. M/S of the winner hoisted...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25429
Sort Number:
G 1255
Time in/Out:
01:59:24:00 / 02:00:39:00
Canister:
G 1255
Film ID:
442.29
Issue Date:
31/12/1925

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