Beat The Bandit 1961

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Farnham, Surrey.

A man wearing bowler hat reading a newspaper is seen leaning leisurely against a car. Another person comes from behind and starts hitting the poor man on the head with an iron bar. He does not react at all, still reads his paper. The third man appears looking puzzled. The man...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2995
Sort Number:
CP 364
Time in/Out:
01:40:26:00 / 01:42:13:00
Canister:
CP 364
Film ID:
169.06
Issue Date:
18/12/1961

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  • A fantastic clip from British Pathe - thank you so much! I'm going to have a look at some of your galleries now.

    JasonC 16th Feb 2012

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