Finish Of London - Sydney Marathon 1970

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Location Unknown / Unclear - Australia?

Various shots of the cars driving through the countryside - desert, dusty roads. Several of them seem to stop at one point where several other cars are parked. Various shots of large crowd on field and surrounding one of the cars - probably the winner...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
91845
Sort Number:
UN 4512 A
Time in/Out:
01:01:14:00 / 01:04:11:00
Canister:
UN 4512 A
Film ID:
3333.02
Issue Date:

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