A boy in a home-made diving helmet, a beauty contest at a lido, a woman of 108, and a hydroplane race.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1174.27
- Media URN:
- 40508
- Group:
- Pathetones
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 29/08/1938
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:03:07:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:54:20:00 / 01:57:27:00
- Canister:
- PT 440
Unknown user says
"air from a hand pump" - the pumping is being done by Guy's brother, Keith Lowings.
"(Location of events unknown.)" - Guy Lowings lived in Broadstairs, so the location is likely, though not certain, to be the Broadstairs Lido.
Here's a newspaper story of the era about Guy and his diving outfit......
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19381112&id=ghpAAA
AAIBAJ&sjid=qKQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4
195,3821435
"At the Cliftonville Lido (Bristol?)" - no, the Cliftonville Lido is in Margate, Kent.