Mexican Aquabatics 1963

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Acapulco, Mexico.

L/S passenger jet taking off. M/S, from speed boat, female water ski display team. C/U of speed boat driver. M/S water skiers doing synchronised arm movements. M/S man water skiing on stilts past hotels on waterfront. C/U boat driver and man in shades in speed boat. M/S man...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3231
Sort Number:
CP 450
Time in/Out:
01:13:05:00 / 01:14:43:00
Canister:
CP 450
Film ID:
231.07
Issue Date:
11/08/1963

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