Motor Race In Tripoli 1940

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Full title reads: "Motor Race In Tripoli".

Tripoli, Libya.

Shots of stands with flags flying.

VS of crowds of spectators arriving and filling the stands and of cars arriving in the car park prior to the race.

VS of the race in progress along the roads that make up...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20840
Sort Number:
40/046 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:09:32:00 / 01:11:20:00
Canister:
40/46 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1047.08
Issue Date:
06/06/1940

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