Going Down! 1939

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Titles read: "GOING DOWN!"

Location of events unknown.

Brief shots of swimmers diving into a swimming pool; a girl by the side of a lake puts on an old-fashioned, heavy diving helmet; underwater shot shows people in diving helmets walking along a lake or river bed; a man in a diving...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40747
Sort Number:
PT 465
Time in/Out:
01:00:33:00 / 01:03:36:00
Canister:
PT 465
Film ID:
1184.01
Issue Date:
20/02/1939

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