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1928 LEISURE: Heat wave scenes
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1:10Now PlayingDate: 12th July 1928
Location: ENGLAND, LONDON, (Various)
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Phew! A Heat-Wave Idyll
ENGLAND: London:
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Men along out of depot carrying huge blocks of ice on their shoulders and unloading them onto cart / Bearded man, holding block of ice and licking bits of it with expression of delight.
Queen Charlotte's Hospital:
Row of babies lying in communal cot with ray of sunshine over them
Trafalgar Square:
Man tying cover over lion statue
Thames River:
Man standing on boat in his bathing trunks as dives into river
Chiswick:
16 Alfred Jackson girls doing high-kicks at edge of pool / Alfred Jackson girls running along at edge of pool as all dive into water / Young women swimming / Alfred Jackson girls standing in water drinking from fountain / Alfred Jackson girls seated at edge of pool as splashing their feet in the water
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