Motorcycle Race On Sands 1939

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Full titles read: "MOTORCYCLE RACE ON SANDS"

Various shots of motorcycle race across Daytona Beach in Florida, United States of America.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14108
Sort Number:
39/016
Time in/Out:
01:33:56:00 / 01:34:50:00
Canister:
39/16
Film ID:
1001.39
Issue Date:
23/02/1939

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