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The Channel Paddled 1927
Description
Item title reads: "The Channel Paddled. Two Austrian students successfully made hazardous journey from France in 14 ft rubber canoe in 8 hrs 40 mins."
Dover, Kent
M/S canoeists paddling towards shore from the sea. They step from their canoe and shake hands with a man on the shore....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Margaret
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33310
- Sort Number:
- G 1426
- Time in/Out:
- 01:12:08:00 / 01:13:29:00
- Canister:
- G 1426
- Film ID:
- 696.08
- Issue Date:
- 22/08/1927
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