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Swimming Tiger

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
597
Date Released
2 Jun 1966
Date recorded
6 May 1966
Length of issue (in feet)
678
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Carnation Farm
  2. 2Do It Yourself Railway
  3. 3Swimming Tiger

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Mary Chipperfield’s frolicsome friend in a striped swimsuit likes to take an open-air swim with her. Mary’s two-hundredweight bathing companion Suki eats eight pounds of steak a day - she’s a Bengal tiger from Southampton Zoo.
Keywords
Curiosities; Animals
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
148
Story extras:
Film clip

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