Safety Last And How! 1960

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Item title reads - Safety last and how!

R.A.C. (Royal Automobile Club) safety exhibition at Biggin Hill. Kent.

Various shots of cars in mass parade. M/S's from in front of the cars as they go either side of camera. L/S man coming across road, he cannot make up his mind whether to stop...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52617
Sort Number:
60/043
Time in/Out:
01:34:37:00 / 01:35:35:00
Canister:
60/43
Film ID:
1680.23
Issue Date:
26/05/1960

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