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Bantam Pack - Dizzy Daredevils 1950
Description
Man in swimming trunks climbs a very high ladder to a platform above a tank. Shot of his dive from below. He climbs out of tank. Children watch. Shot from above as he climbs the tower again. Slow motion footage of another dive into the tank. The name Pat Collins is visible beside the tank - perhaps...
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- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 70571
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:56:34:00 / 01:59:02:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 1365.09
- Issue Date:
- 1950
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