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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

209

Title

OPENING OF THE "RIVIERA"

Producer

Unknown

Date

*1934

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

1 mins 33 secs

Description

Crowds watch the mayor officially open the new swimming pool and are entertained by swimming and diving displays. Sunny Lowry, the first English woman to swim the English Channel is seen in the pool.

 

 



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