Waterway Art! 1939

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Titles read: "WATERWAY ART!"

London.

Various shots of artists boarding a boat on the River Thames for a watercolour Pool of London painting tour organised by artist Edward Swann. Nice shots of girls posing on the boat as it moves along. The boat is moored near the Prospect of Whitby...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41008
Sort Number:
PT 488
Time in/Out:
01:22:24:00 / 01:24:03:00
Canister:
PT 488
Film ID:
1190.13
Issue Date:
31/07/1939

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