The Shark Patrol 1935

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Description

Titles read: "The Shark Patrol".

Australia.

Various shots of the jaws belonging to different kinds of sharks. Aerial and high angle shots of the New South Wales coastline around Sydney; huge teams of lifeguards / shark patrolmen march across a beach. Two men look out to sea; one looks...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38628
Sort Number:
PT 250
Time in/Out:
01:27:17:00 / 01:28:55:00
Canister:
PT 250
Film ID:
1110.15
Issue Date:
07/01/1935

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