Another Champion! A Wheel One 1932

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Introductory intertitle reads: "Meet Miss Gladys Hamilton, Lady Cycling Champion, and well on Adam's track - (with some friends)."

Gladys (who has rather a posh voice) tells the audience that she skips for a quarter of an hour a day. Two colleagues stand behind her and skip with ropes. Gladys...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51215
Sort Number:
PSP 740
Time in/Out:
01:05:02:00 / 01:06:05:00
Canister:
PSP 740
Film ID:
1592.04
Issue Date:
09/06/1932

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