Hell Drivers 1968

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No title - Canadian hell drivers perform in Germany.

M/S pan car driven by one of the Hell Drivers sliding along on its roof. L/S as another driver on motorcycle comes through flaming barrier. M/S pan another car coming along and turning over onto its roof as photographer runs out of way....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56768
Sort Number:
68/053
Time in/Out:
01:13:09:00 / 01:14:13:00
Canister:
68/53
Film ID:
2065.11
Issue Date:
30/06/1968

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