Mr. Facing-Both-Ways 1930

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"It's an auto, folks.... has two bonnets, doesn't know its own mind and keeps everybody guessing..." M/S of a very weird car which can be driven either way. Two men climb in and it drives from right to left. The car then "reverses" (although it has two bonnets so which is forwards, which backwards?)...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36559
Sort Number:
EP 287
Time in/Out:
01:32:21:00 / 01:33:12:00
Canister:
EP 287
Film ID:
996.15
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