O'er Hill And Dale And Sometimes Water 1927

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Item title reads: "O'er Hill And Dale…And Sometimes Water! Scenes on a day's run during the 6 day's International Motor-Cycle Trials in the Lake District."

North England

Shot of motor cyclists racing toward bridge down country roads watched by a few onlookers, they race uphill past...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33303
Sort Number:
G 1426
Time in/Out:
01:00:02:00 / 01:01:15:00
Canister:
G 1426
Film ID:
696.01
Issue Date:
22/08/1927

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