Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 147 1941

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Titles read: "CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF".

Various locations of events.

In Boston, United States of America, we see various shots of a fireman in a diving suit getting into an indoor swimming pool to rescue a man lying on the bottom. On the soundtrack we hear thuds - it's the sound...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15822
Sort Number:
PT 565
Time in/Out:
01:35:18:00 / 01:39:17:00
Canister:
PT 565
Film ID:
1212.21
Issue Date:
27/01/1941

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