Selected Original - Motorcycle Grand Prix 1969

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Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out takes, rushes) for story "Motorcycle Grand Prix" - 69/40.

Similar shots to newsreel story. Thruxton in Hampshire.

L/Ss and C/Us of winner Percy Tait and second placed Malcolm Uphill being present with trophies and wreaths. M/S of Tait...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
57269
Sort Number:
69/040 C
Time in/Out:
01:08:09:00 / 01:14:42:00
Canister:
69/40 C (Selected Originals)
Film ID:
2205.05
Issue Date:

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