Millionth Car Across 1962

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Titles read: "ENG. CHANNEL - MILLIONTH CAR ACROSS".

Dover, Kent and Boulogne, France.

General view of cars at the Dover ferry terminal. Students drive a hearse (that they picked up for £40) onto the ferry. Commentator says one of the cars on the Maid of Kent ferry will be the millionth...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53668
Sort Number:
62/071
Time in/Out:
01:57:37:00 / 01:58:46:00
Canister:
62/71
Film ID:
1729.14
Issue Date:
03/09/1962

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