Speedpack AKA Car By Air 1955

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London Airport (Heathrow).

M/S of two men taking the windscreen from a red sports MG car, placing it inside the car. C/U shot of hands removing the tyres. Voiceover informs the audience that tearing the car apart is the one of the newest ways of transporting it.

Car is flying to Germany...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1170
Sort Number:
CP 045
Time in/Out:
01:03:30:00 / 01:05:17:00
Canister:
CP 045
Film ID:
37.02
Issue Date:
07/11/1955

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