The Diver 1930

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Full titles read: "THE DIVER ! - Filmed at Chiswick, London."

Intertitle reads: "Meet Tony Summers just six years old and not a bit frightened of water - when it's in a swimming bath."

L/S's of Tony Summers in swimming costume and hat talking to his father. L/S of his father holding...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
36804
Sort Number:
PT 028
Time in/Out:
01:26:52:00 / 01:28:50:00
Canister:
PT 028
Film ID:
1018.11
Issue Date:
06/10/1930

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