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How to Drown
Short Film (Full Length) – 1951
23 Jul 2012 - 10.17am
Where was this film made? The swimming instructor looks a lot like me, and I'm wondering if I'm related O_o
8 May 2012 - 12.04pm
Love the treatment of such a serious subject. What's scary is that five decades later nothing has changed - only now it would be in colour.
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