Maryland - Smirke Wins �23, 000… 1953

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Maryland, USA (U.S.A. United States of America).

LV crowd at Laurel racetrack. SV start without usual gate. SV pan, horses racing, & CU. Crowd LV pan, horses racing along beach stretch. SCU girls in crowd jumping. SV last turn, Sunglow and Iceberg II leading from Sinlet and Worden II. Pan as...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29003
Sort Number:
53/089
Time in/Out:
01:21:35:00 / 01:22:33:00
Canister:
53/89
Film ID:
128.19
Issue Date:
19/11/1953

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