Faster Than Ever ... & An All-British Victory! 1930

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Full title reads: "Isle of Man. Faster than ever ... & an All-British Victory! Foreign entries 'nowhere' - in Junior TT Races, won by dare-devil B.Sc. of Dublin University - 23 year old H G Tyrell Smith - on a Rudge averaging 71.08 for 3 hrs 43 mins."

Isle of Man.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
6297
Sort Number:
30/006
Time in/Out:
01:49:44:00 / 01:52:07:00
Canister:
30/6
Film ID:
713.31
Issue Date:
19/06/1930

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