The Aa Story 1967

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Widmerpool Hall, Nottingham.

A man in 1905-style Automobile Association uniform steps from an antique AA box, wheeling a bicycle and turns his AA badge around to warn a couple in a vintage car of a police speed trap around the corner. A more modern AA patrolman turns up on a motorbike. Inside...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4206
Sort Number:
CP 639
Time in/Out:
01:18:14:00 / 01:21:36:00
Canister:
CP 639
Film ID:
403.03
Issue Date:
23/03/1967

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