Women Lifesavers AKA Life Saving Girls 1943

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Women lifesavers.

Clifton, South Africa.

M/S of ladies posing on the beach, they are members of the South Africa's Women's Auxiliary Services, and are trained as lifeguards. L/S of a beach, they stage a rescue and give artificial respiration.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49881
Sort Number:
NSP 355
Time in/Out:
01:59:35:00 / 02:00:51:00
Canister:
NSP 355
Film ID:
1554.33
Issue Date:
18/01/1943

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