Olympic Oars In Training 1968

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Chiswick, London.

Various shots of the Olympic oarsmen in a gymnasium at Chiswick in training with weights. Weight lifter squatting with weights, etc. Among those seen are tideway scullers Michael Muir Smith and Wayne Smith. GV. Inside gymnasium with rowers doing circuit training.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
90260
Sort Number:
UN 4331 C
Time in/Out:
01:57:50:00 / 02:00:15:00
Canister:
UN 4331 C
Film ID:
3229.21
Issue Date:
1968

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