Egg And Spoon Water Race 1936

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Several shots of the girls competing in the egg and spoon water race. Each girl has a spoon with an egg on it in her mouth. They are swimming across the pool trying not to lose the egg. A man on side of the pool as the girls swim towards him, only one still has egg.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41655
Sort Number:
NSP 017
Time in/Out:
01:48:21:00 / 01:48:39:00
Canister:
NSP 17
Film ID:
1218.31
Issue Date:
23/07/1936

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