Swimming Stars 1934

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Description

Full title reads "America SWIMMING "STARS" - set up twelve U.S. records in National Championship."

Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA).

A man fires a gun and one woman jumps into pool and starts swimming. Several close up shots of a woman swimming.

A man fires...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8497
Sort Number:
34/006
Time in/Out:
01:43:26:00 / 01:44:41:00
Canister:
34/6
Film ID:
773.31
Issue Date:
18/01/1934

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