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Train Breaks Record By Remote Control 1955
Description
Unissued / unused material.
Train breaks record by remote control, Conere, France.
Various shots of BB9003 locomotive without driver or anyone on board. Start is given by an SNCF official checking his chronometer. Two locomotives run side by side on railway tracks. Shots of the countryside...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 79467
- Sort Number:
- UN 2729 F
- Time in/Out:
- 01:55:03:00 / 01:55:44:00
- Canister:
- UN 2729 F
- Film ID:
- 2676.25
- Issue Date:
- 1955
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