Bicycle For Two! 1940

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Titles read: "BICYCLE FOR TWO!"

Paris, France.

Various shots of a man and woman sitting side by side on a two-seat, four-wheeled bicycle and riding it along streets. Then we see a girl riding a small motor scooter along a Paris street. Several shots of the scooter and its engine. M/S...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41526
Sort Number:
PT 526
Time in/Out:
01:50:32:00 / 01:51:17:00
Canister:
PT 526
Film ID:
1200.24
Issue Date:
29/04/1940

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