Cycling Championships 1923

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Item title reads - Cycling championship contests. Our specially designed camera, the only one of its kind in Britain shows you close up pictures of actual racing. Herne Hill, London.

M/S as the cyclists race along, the camera stays with the leaders as they cycle round, M/S as one speeds ahead...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23963
Sort Number:
G 1013
Time in/Out:
01:49:32:00 / 01:51:12:00
Canister:
G 1013
Film ID:
314.37
Issue Date:
10/09/1923

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