Whale Caught At Brighton 1920

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Brighton, Sussex.

Intertitle: "A Finny Visitor. Huge Whale Thrasher succumbs to charms of famous sea side resort".

M/S of crowd of people, mainly men in flat caps, standing around a dead shark (looks like a basking shark, the intertitle describing it as a whale is gross exaggeration!)....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21879
Sort Number:
G 0686
Time in/Out:
01:42:14:00 / 01:42:53:00
Canister:
G 686
Film ID:
216.23
Issue Date:
19/07/1920

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