Daredevil Riders! 1934

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Titles read: "DAREDEVIL RIDERS!".

Catterick, North Yorkshire.

Various shots of the men of the Royal Corps of Signals doing stunts on motorbikes and horses at a field display. The stunts include a man leaping over two men on a motorcycle, a man and a horse lying down beside a ramp as...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40194
Sort Number:
PT 230
Time in/Out:
01:06:08:00 / 01:08:08:00
Canister:
PT 230
Film ID:
1163.04
Issue Date:
20/08/1934

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