Manchester - Blackpool 1924

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Lancashire.

Title: "MANCHESTER ... BLACKPOOL. Walk ... won from 59 competitors by J. Holt of Bradford in fine time of 8 hrs. 20 mins".

Point of view shot from the back of a moving vehicle, a man with a no. 10 on his shirt speed walking along a country lane, he is followed by a group...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24662
Sort Number:
G 1127
Time in/Out:
01:39:04:00 / 01:40:19:00
Canister:
G 1127
Film ID:
358.19
Issue Date:
13/10/1924

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