Risking Death 1932

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Titles read: "Risking Death, in mid-air. Something new under the sun - stunting a motor-cycle eighty feet in the air - only "dizzy" people could do this."

United States of America.

Various shots of a motorcycle stunt taking place eighty feet up at the top of a mast. The motorbike is...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37277
Sort Number:
PT 122
Time in/Out:
01:42:09:00 / 01:43:14:00
Canister:
PT 122
Film ID:
1058.18
Issue Date:
25/07/1932

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