A Holiday "Novelty" 1931

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Full title reads: "Hastings. A Holiday 'Novelty'. Happy youngsters forsake spade & bucket to enjoy 'game' of physical jerks."

Hastings, Sussex.

A group of children, dress in swimming costumes, perform keep fit / physical training exercises on the prom / pier. A man is shouting out...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6239
Sort Number:
31/063
Time in/Out:
01:10:55:00 / 01:12:08:00
Canister:
31/63
Film ID:
711.06
Issue Date:
06/08/1931

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