It's Easy On Two Wheels - Paris 1959

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Title reads: "It's Easy on Two Wheels".

Paris, France.

Various shots stunt drivers on Champs Elysees with Arc de Triomphe in background: they stop their cars suddenly making them skid. C/U French taxi drivers looking perplexed. More shots skidding. Various shots Jean Sunny, dare devil...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51040
Sort Number:
59/047
Time in/Out:
01:27:17:00 / 01:28:09:00
Canister:
59/47
Film ID:
1585.14
Issue Date:
11/06/1959

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  • The cars being used here are all Simca Ariane models.

    jamied 19th Sep 2012

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