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Roberta Wins Hill Climb 1957
Description
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...
Data
- 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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