Caught By The Camera No. 40 1935

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Description

Titles read: "Caught by the Camera".

Various locations.

Several shots of a small three-wheeled streamlined car driving along a busy street and parking beside a group of gawking people. We then see the car speeding across an airstrip (?), easily outrunning a conventional car. The conventional...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38956
Sort Number:
PT 275
Time in/Out:
01:26:21:00 / 01:28:10:00
Canister:
PT 275
Film ID:
1118.14
Issue Date:
01/07/1935

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  • "Several shots of a small three-wheeled streamlined car" - it's a Dymaxion.

    "Corinthia" in text and tags should read Carinthia.

    jamied 16th Jan 2013

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