A Fight For Life 1925

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Item title reads - A fight for life. Crowds watch rescuers attempts to save Floyd Collins trapped by falling boulder in underground cave. Cave City, USA (U.S.A.).

L/S of rescuers behind the trees. M/S of the collapsed entrance to the cave, an army officer and other men walk around at the site....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24898
Sort Number:
G 1166
Time in/Out:
01:48:38:00 / 01:49:43:00
Canister:
G 1166
Film ID:
376.17
Issue Date:
23/02/1925

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