Canada's Motor Cycling Grand National AKA… 1930

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Item title reads - Canada's "motorcycling Grant National". British cyclists show up best in endurance test of prairie, hills, ice and mud! Toronto, Canada.

L/S as the motorcyclists race across the prairie. Various shots as they ride down ice covered slopes and through ditches. Some slip on...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18963
Sort Number:
G 1704
Time in/Out:
01:48:10:00 / 01:49:45:00
Canister:
G 1704
Film ID:
824.29
Issue Date:
21/04/1930

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