Frogmen 1953

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Southsea, Hampshire.

Several shots of trainee Royal Marines frogmen of the Amphibious School at Fort Cumberland diving into a swimming pool.

We then see various shots of frogmen in canoes on a river as part of an exercise. They bale out and swim downstream, then dive down to attach...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44193
Sort Number:
NP 474
Time in/Out:
01:00:22:00 / 01:02:13:00
Canister:
NP 474
Film ID:
1339.01
Issue Date:
12/10/1953

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