Training Olympic Hopefuls 1932

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California, United States of America.

Full titles read: "TRAINING OLYMPIC HOPEFULS - For the Order of the Bath."

Intertitle reads: "Georgia Coleman American National Champion instructs youngsters in California on the art of leaping from springboard in perfect form.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37171
Sort Number:
PT 105
Time in/Out:
01:26:57:00 / 01:28:15:00
Canister:
PT 105
Film ID:
1050.13
Issue Date:
28/03/1932

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