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Beaten Only By The Cold 1927
Description
Item title reads: "Beaten Only By The Cold! Mrs. Corson has to give up when within 4 miles of France - one of the finest channel attempts on record. Pigeons were employed to report progress. Hard luck."
Dover, Kent
22:04
M/S of Mrs. Corson being covered in grease by a man...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Margaret
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33349
- Sort Number:
- G 1431
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:31:00 / 01:24:30:00
- Canister:
- G 1431
- Film ID:
- 698.13
- Issue Date:
- 08/09/1927
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