Roadside Justice 1956

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France.

GV. Cars speeding along road. GV. Traffic, camera pans to Gendarme hidden behind a pillar. GV. Gendarme hiding behind a bush. GV. Traffic, shot taken from behind a lorry. GV. Traffic, camera pans to a Gendarme watching behind a pillar. LV. Gendarme runs out onto the road and signals...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32116
Sort Number:
56/073
Time in/Out:
01:50:18:00 / 01:51:07:00
Canister:
56/73
Film ID:
597.37
Issue Date:
10/09/1956

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