Ladies Long Distance Swimming 1920

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Intertitle: "LADIES' LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING championships ( 5 miles 60 yrds ) - Miss C. Jeans
( Nottingham L.S.C. ) wins easily in 1 hr. 12 mins 59 2/5th secs".

M/S of a row of women in bathing suits standing by the edge of a river. M/S, taken from behind them, of the women diving into...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21587
Sort Number:
G 0704
Time in/Out:
01:05:48:00 / 01:06:36:00
Canister:
G 704
Film ID:
214.07
Issue Date:
16/09/1920

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