The Crawl 1922

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C/U of handsome male swimmer. "Off he goes - like a flash" - he dives into a river. "- putting the brake on with the Ultra-Rapid Camera."

We see the dive in slow motion. "The last bit - a human machine - but oh! how perfect the strokes." He swims towards the camera in slow...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14841
Sort Number:
EP 078
Time in/Out:
01:05:29:00 / 01:06:56:00
Canister:
EP 078
Film ID:
866.04
Issue Date:
16/10/1922

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