Wraf Divers 1966

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Unissued / Unused material -

RAF Benson, Oxfordshire.

MS Four girls in WRAF (Women's Royal Air Force) uniform walk past camera. VS The same girls now in frogmen's outfits enter pond and practise their snorkel diving.

(Orig. Neg.) Old record suggests material material dates...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
90011
Sort Number:
UN 4191 E
Time in/Out:
01:33:43:00 / 01:34:08:00
Canister:
UN 4191 E
Film ID:
3217.10
Issue Date:
1966

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