LADIES' LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ladies' Long Distance Swimming Championships… 1926

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Kent.

Title: "Ladies' long distance Swimming Championship from Rochester to Gillingham ... won by Miss Flint".

Panning C/U of a group of women in swim suits sitting by the water's edge. M/S of the women standing on the edge of a boat, waiting to dive. L/S of women diving into the water...

Kent swimming Rochester Gillingham

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Cataloguer:: Amelia
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Silent
Media URN:: 25894
Sort Number:: G 1311

Time in/Out:: 01:39:55:00 / 01:40:51:00
Canister:: G 1311
Film ID:: 536.15
Issue Date:: 15/07/1926

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