Motorcycle Racing - Geoff Duke Wins "Red… 1954

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Aintree.

Documentation on file includes letter from the North-Western Centre Auto-Cycle Union and newspaper cutting.

Geoff Duke talking to friends in paddock. Unloading No.12 Duke's Gilera. Various shots in paddock. Crowd. Bikes coming out. CU. Duke. Start. First bend. Various shots...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
78420
Sort Number:
UN 2679 B
Time in/Out:
01:13:23:00 / 01:21:08:00
Canister:
UN 2679 B
Film ID:
2632.06
Issue Date:
1954

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