For Channel Swim Tinted 1925

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Item title reads - For Channel swim. Miss Gertrude Ederle - 17 year old American swimming champion arrives. Plymouth, Devon.

M/S of Gertrude sat on the deck of the ship and leaning against the rail. M/S as she looks at the camera.

Intertitle - 'In training with Jabez Woolf - hero...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19626
Sort Number:
G 1205
Time in/Out:
01:44:49:00 / 01:46:16:00
Canister:
G 1205
Film ID:
410.35
Issue Date:
09/07/1925

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