Japanese Fireman's Sport 1925

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Item title reads - Japanese firemen's sports all excel at ladder drill and nearly every one is an acrobat. Hiroshima, Japan.

L/S as two firemen climb up a ladder, they both turn upside down and hang from it. Others do more acrobatic tricks on ladders in the background. M/S of the two, one...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24936
Sort Number:
G 1170
Time in/Out:
01:53:06:00 / 01:54:18:00
Canister:
G 1170
Film ID:
378.29
Issue Date:
09/03/1925

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