Motor Cycle Gymnasts 1934

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Full title reads: "MOTOR CYCLE GYMNASTS - Clever and amusing display at Munchen."

Munchen, Germany.

Various shots of the men driving motorcycles, sidecars, automobiles etc., with various obstacles on their way. A man is seen operating the strange machine - 'crazy scientist' - he produces...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
10122
Sort Number:
34/052
Time in/Out:
01:07:26:00 / 01:08:47:00
Canister:
34/52
Film ID:
795.06
Issue Date:
28/06/1934

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