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Mile Of The Century 1939
Description
Full titles read: "MILE OF THE CENTURY"
L/S's of thousands of people packed into Princetown's Palmer Stadium. Several L/S's of the mile race in progress. Competing the race are Sidney Wooderson, Len Cunningham, Fenster and Sen Gamani. The race is won by Fenster with Wooderson finishing last.
Cataloguer's...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 20104
- Sort Number:
- 39/052
- Time in/Out:
- 01:15:11:00 / 01:16:32:00
- Canister:
- 39/52
- Film ID:
- 1017.18
- Issue Date:
- 30/06/1939
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