M1 Motorway At Night 1962

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M1 Motorway, Locations Unspecified

VS. From travelling camera and fixed camera of traffic speeding along sections of the M1 Motorway at night with their headlights piercing the darkness, also CU. of motorway signs. (Orig. Neg.)

Note: Night footage, very dark, often just a stream of...

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Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
78232
Sort Number:
UN 3700 D
Time in/Out:
01:00:02:00 / 01:02:09:00
Canister:
UN 3700 D
Film ID:
2623.01
Issue Date:
1962

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