Go-Cart Racing 1950-1959

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Description

Pinewood Stock Can material.

Starts with clapperboard marked 'Lucky Dip'.

Various shots of Go-Cart racing on outdoor circuit. Looks a fairly light hearted and amateur affair. Several of the Go Carts slide off and run into the hay bales that protect the track.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
92758
Sort Number:
PSC 51 B
Time in/Out:
01:47:18:00 / 01:50:55:00
Canister:
PSC 51 B
Film ID:
3420.09
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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