Paddle Your Own Canoe 1927

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Item title reads: "Paddle Your Own Canoe!. 100 entrants in first canoeing Marathon over full course of 26 miles."

Medfield

M/S of a group of canoes on the water. Each canoe has one man in it using a kneeling stance to paddle. They come round a river bend in a large group. L/S down...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33338
Sort Number:
G 1430
Time in/Out:
01:01:01:00 / 01:02:29:00
Canister:
G 1430
Film ID:
698.02
Issue Date:
05/09/1927

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