Do You Reverse 1928

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Couples slide down a water chute together and into a pool or river. It is at Coney Island in United States of America.

Camera trickery is used to show this in reverse. Divers are also seen jumping out of the water and back onto boards.

A special water chute which people come down...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14846
Sort Number:
EP 078
Time in/Out:
01:15:05:00 / 01:16:42:00
Canister:
EP 078
Film ID:
866.09
Issue Date:

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