From Maidstone To Madrid AKA From Maindstone… 1922

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Maidstone, Kent and Madrid, Spain.

Full titles read: "FROM MAIDSTONE TO MADRID - Spanish Authorities order - in face of keen world competition - a fleet of British built Buses, for first Bus Service in the Capital."

L/S's of convoy of buses driving up steep hill in Maidstone. M/S of...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23401
Sort Number:
G 0934
Time in/Out:
01:00:48:00 / 01:02:53:00
Canister:
G 934
Film ID:
292.02
Issue Date:
04/12/1922

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