The Land Ship! 1933

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"Here's a queer development of the motor car" C/U of three people leaning out of portholes. High angle shot of a strange vehicle being driven along a road - it looks like a cross between a bus and a boat. It has portholes all along the side. "With its great length and row of portholes, it looks like...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
17663
Sort Number:
EP 266
Time in/Out:
01:28:52:00 / 01:31:03:00
Canister:
EP 266
Film ID:
980.12
Issue Date:
10/08/1933

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