Africa's Youngest Car Owner! 1940

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Titles read: "AFRICA'S YOUNGEST CAR OWNER!"

South Africa.

Various shots of three-year-old Daphne Gregory and the tiny car her father has built for her. Daphne rides along the garden path in it with her father, then an old man fills the petrol tank for her. Daphne rides the car about...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15566
Sort Number:
PT 530
Time in/Out:
01:31:48:00 / 01:32:44:00
Canister:
PT 530
Film ID:
1202.18
Issue Date:
27/05/1940

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