Tripoli Grand Prix 1937

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Full title reads: "Tripoli Grand Prix"

Tripoli, Libya.

VS of motorcars racing around the Tripoli circuit. Lots of palm trees line the course. The winning car is waved over the line. VS of large crowd in grandstand. MS of winner with trophy.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
80733
Sort Number:
37/041 / UNI GAZ 050
Time in/Out:
01:13:50:00 / 01:14:32:00
Canister:
37/41 / UNI GAZ ROLL 50
Film ID:
2741.10
Issue Date:
24/05/1937

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • Tripoli Grand Prix at the Mellaha circuit on 9th May 1937.

    Won by Hermann Lang in a Mercedes W125.
    Lang is seen in the final shot, with the second place Auto Union driver, Bernd Rosemeyer on the right.

    roycousins 24th Dec 2012
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