Nearly 400 Swimmers In Great Race! 1930

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Full title reads: "Nearly 400 swimmers in great race! Thousands line the banks of the Trent to see 'Nottingham's Big Swim'."

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.

LS People in swimming costumes climb onto barge moored across the River Trent. People watch from the banks.

A first group...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6346
Sort Number:
30/016
Time in/Out:
02:00:07:00 / 02:01:07:00
Canister:
30/16
Film ID:
715.42
Issue Date:
24/07/1930

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  • The event was called the "Nottingham Evening News Big Swim".

    jamied 8th May 2012

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