Billy Cart Derby In Australia AKA Billycart… 1941

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Item title reads - Billycart Derby.

Australia.

Cartoonist Jimmy Banks sits at his desk sketching the cartoon character "Ginger Mace". Various shots of Jimmy speaking to some of the billycart kids who will drive in the Derby staged by Ginger. Various shots as they prepare their carts....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38982
Sort Number:
41/052
Time in/Out:
01:15:22:00 / 01:17:11:00
Canister:
41/52
Film ID:
1119.11
Issue Date:
30/06/1941

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