Swim At Home 1937

Star Item

Description

Full title reads: "Swim at Home".

Location of events unknown (probably Pathe Studios, London).

Learn to swim in your own home with a piano stool.

M/S of man in swimsuit (swimming instructor, Victor Lawson) teaching a woman (also in swimsuit) the arm movements for breast stroke....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40030
Sort Number:
PT 386
Time in/Out:
01:20:03:00 / 01:22:12:00
Canister:
PT 386
Film ID:
1156.11
Issue Date:
16/08/1937

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