Here's .... Sensation! 1932

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Full title reads: "America. Here's ... Sensation! Daredevil J. E. Pate positively 'flirts with death' to drop from 'plane to speeding automobile."

United States of America.

A biplane flies low over the top of a modified car. They are both speeding along a very flat area of ground....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4710
Sort Number:
32/078
Time in/Out:
01:31:43:00 / 01:32:12:00
Canister:
32/78
Film ID:
659.29
Issue Date:
29/09/1932

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