Serpentine Swim Part 2 1914-1918

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Serpentine Swim Part 2.

This seems to be brief cuts from Serpentine Swim Part 1 (which is dupe of ON 076 C - Youth Triumphant).

London.

Shot of the group of cold-looking men standing on a jetty, wearing brief shorts or trunks (one seems to be wearing none at all! Naked man!...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
72277
Sort Number:
ON 078 D
Time in/Out:
01:38:14:00 / 01:38:54:00
Canister:
ON 078 D
Film ID:
1880.42
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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