Life Saving Exhibition 1963

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St. Ives, Cornwall.

GV. Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives. GV. Life savers with their equipment marching on the beach, & SV. SV. Crowds gathered to watch life saving exhibition. GV. The life saving teams running with their reels of line. The reels are placed down and one man stays to feed out the...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54790
Sort Number:
63/075
Time in/Out:
01:15:23:00 / 01:17:01:00
Canister:
63/75
Film ID:
1774.13
Issue Date:
16/09/1963

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