A Giant Am I 1932

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France.

Full titles read: "A GIANT AM I ! - Meet France's latest and most powerful locomotive, undergoing it's trials. (They attach a special car and three ordinary locomotives a trial load to pull).

L/S of workers standing next to the enormous steam locomotive. Several shots of the...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37357
Sort Number:
PT 142
Time in/Out:
01:21:28:00 / 01:22:33:00
Canister:
PT 142
Film ID:
1068.12
Issue Date:
12/12/1932

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