Heights Of Danger Reels 1 & 2 1950-1959

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Road building site. A Taylor Woodrow truck pulls up and young Chris talks to the driver. He runs to his father's garage where his dad and older brother Wilfred are working on a car. A motor cyclist arrives and is given directions and drives away. Inside the garage office the older brother suggest his...

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Cataloguer:
Mike
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
91861
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:00:00:00 / 01:14:41:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3334.01
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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