Ford Stories 1921

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Item title reads - "Ford" stories are innumerable but this one is true. Famous Flying Bedstead leaps 38 feet - making World's record. USA.

The car drives past the ramp, then approaches it again, drives up and lands on the other side. We see men measuring the ramp afterwards. M/S of the driver...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22388
Sort Number:
G 0791
Time in/Out:
01:41:15:00 / 01:42:03:00
Canister:
G 791
Film ID:
238.34
Issue Date:
21/07/1921

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