Sports Ground At Sea Tinted Yellow Nitrate… 1928

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Duplicate story, transferred from yellow nitrate print - see separate record for black and white version.

Full titles read: "Sports Ground at Sea - Huge deck of 'plane carrier "Lexington"' permits of 100 yds. race and a baseball field!"

San Diego, California, United States of America.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35006
Sort Number:
G 1528
Time in/Out:
01:22:53:00 / 01:23:27:00
Canister:
G 1528
Film ID:
738.11
Issue Date:
13/08/1928

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