Outboard Regatta 1939

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Full titles read: "OUTBOARD REGATTA"

Various shots of numerous speedboats racing along a stretch of the Mississippi at Le Clos, in the United States of America. The race is won by 'Weery'.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
14424
Sort Number:
39/056
Time in/Out:
01:28:38:00 / 01:29:50:00
Canister:
39/56
Film ID:
1013.29
Issue Date:
13/07/1939

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