60 Miles An Hour 1928

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Full titles read: "Over 60 miles an hour! - Miss Carstairs... in her wonderful Saunders-Napier Motor Boat "Estelle II"... puts up remarkable speed at first "try out" on Lake Windermere."

Lake Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria.

L/Ss of Miss Carstairs racing along in her speedboat on...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34991
Sort Number:
G 1515
Time in/Out:
01:50:55:00 / 01:52:04:00
Canister:
G 1515
Film ID:
736.32
Issue Date:
28/06/1928

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