Motor News - Race Course Track & Cars Reliability… 1954

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Aintree.

CU motor car (racing variety) speeding round track. GV Aintree's new race track. SV Mrs Topham starting Ken Wharton on first run on track. He is followed by Reg Parnell. SV towards and pan, car round bend.

(Neg & Lav.) (Orig. "F")

Nuneaton.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29456
Sort Number:
54/040
Time in/Out:
01:18:20:00 / 01:19:41:00
Canister:
54/40
Film ID:
164.08
Issue Date:

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0:010:020:030:04

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