Cross Country Race Novelty 1928

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Item title reads - Cross country race novelty and France's first motorcycle cross country will be the last for several of the machines that took part. Paris.

Various shots as the motorcycles bump down the hill through the mud, one man falls off. Various shots as they struggle to push the motorcycles...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35510
Sort Number:
G 1568
Time in/Out:
01:40:29:00 / 01:42:06:00
Canister:
G 1568
Film ID:
772.25
Issue Date:
31/12/1928

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