Straining For Training 1938

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Full titles read: "STRAINING FOR TRAINING"

L/S's of several young women standing in line, they all bend backwards and arch their back. L/S of two young girls holding onto a bar flicking their legs backwards high into the air under the watchful...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40254
Sort Number:
PT 406
Time in/Out:
01:54:37:00 / 01:56:44:00
Canister:
PT 406
Film ID:
1164.33
Issue Date:
03/01/1938

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