Motor Grand Prix 1913

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Full title reads: "Motor Grand Prix. Boillot wins the French Motor Derby on a Peugeot car. Average speed 72 miles an hour."

France.

Close shots Boillot in car.

Cars racing at speed around the course partly through the town and partly...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
60581
Sort Number:
UN 0001 D (X)
Time in/Out:
01:06:10:00 / 01:07:25:00
Canister:
UN 1 D (X)
Film ID:
1798.03
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  • "Boillot" is Georges Boillot.

    Race took place on 12 July 1913, at Amiens.

    jamied 20th Feb 2012

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