Go Karts In Action 1959

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Biggin Hill, Kent.

M/S men discussing and looking at go-kart / go-cart engines. Various shots of drivers going round the outdoor test track negotiating a track and going in and out of lots of small bollards. Some good shots taken from a go kart of the drivers behind - coming towards camera,...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1087
Sort Number:
CP 255
Time in/Out:
01:36:31:00 / 01:39:18:00
Canister:
CP 255
Film ID:
97.27
Issue Date:
16/11/1959

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