Versailles - Cycle Race Lner 1937

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Title reads: "Versailles".

Versailles, France.

Start of a massive cross country cycling race in Versailles, France. Various shots of the cyclers competing, mostly running through muddy countryside (up the hill, across the stream etc.) with their bikes on their shoulders - they are...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13386
Sort Number:
37/008
Time in/Out:
01:49:45:00 / 01:50:15:00
Canister:
37/8
Film ID:
909.37
Issue Date:
23/01/1937

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