Indianapolis Car Race 1940

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Full title reads: "Indianapolis Car Race".

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America (USA).

VS of motorcars racing around the Indianapolis circuit for the annual speed event over 500 miles, the race is won by Wilbur Shaw who also won the event in 1937 & 1939 and becomes the biggest...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20920
Sort Number:
40/052 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:15:46:00 / 01:17:01:00
Canister:
40/52 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1049.14
Issue Date:
27/06/1940

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