Motorcycle Race 1920-1929

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Motorcycle Race - from Durban to Johannesburg, South Africa - 1920s?

Starting line; w/ banner over; spectators crowding round. Bikes start toward camera. Bikes racing away. More shots of the cycles at various points in race. Seems to be out in countryside; w/ tall grass around.

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
75901
Sort Number:
ON 247 C
Time in/Out:
01:39:04:00 / 01:41:06:00
Canister:
ON 247 C
Film ID:
2358.14
Issue Date:
1920 - 1929

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