Roberta Wins Hill Climb 1957

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Shelsley Walsh Nr Worcester, Worcestershire.

SV. Roberta Cowell (wartime fighter pilot who had sex change operation) wearing head scarf round her head, examining the engine of her car with a mechanic in the pits, camera pans up and we look down on top of car (this is the title scene.) GV. Activity...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48908
Sort Number:
57/072
Time in/Out:
01:01:12:00 / 01:02:23:00
Canister:
57/72
Film ID:
1501.02
Issue Date:
05/09/1957

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