Calamity ! 1932

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Titles read: "CALAMITY ! - A little lesson - in every sense... on danger !"

L/Ss of steam train moving at speed through what looks to be the desert, a car speeds along by the side of it. L/S of the train going around bend the car collides into the side of...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51360
Sort Number:
PSP 766
Time in/Out:
01:57:49:00 / 01:58:32:00
Canister:
PSP 766
Film ID:
1600.29
Issue Date:
08/12/1932

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