Over Mountainside Racetrack 1932

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Full title reads: "Switzerland. Over Mountainside Racetrack. France wins famous 'Klausenpass' Race over highest and most dangerous curves of the Alps."

Switzerland.

Pan down from mountain tops to show people sitting on rocks above sharp curve in road.

A racing car speeds around...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
4756
Sort Number:
32/072
Time in/Out:
01:38:20:00 / 01:39:18:00
Canister:
32/72
Film ID:
661.26
Issue Date:
08/09/1932

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