Motor Cycle School 1958

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Harbourne, Nr. Birmingham.

Exterior. M/S of a road with a grass bank behind it. A man on a scooter whizzes past. L/S of what appears to be a motorcycle course - a rough road is marked out with white stones over a muddy stretch of wasteland. The course is part of Britain's only private school...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2329
Sort Number:
CP 174
Time in/Out:
01:45:12:00 / 01:47:18:00
Canister:
CP 174
Film ID:
73.31
Issue Date:
28/04/1958

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