Wessex Scramble 1963

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Glastonbury, Wessex.

GV. Motorcycles being prepared in pits for the big race, the Wessex Lightweight Scramble, & SV. SV. Crowd. GV. & LV. The starters lined up. SV. Crowd. GV. The race starts, pan with riders as they go away from camera. LV. Pan as the field comes into the first bend. CU. Pan,...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54456
Sort Number:
63/036
Time in/Out:
01:25:56:00 / 01:27:01:00
Canister:
63/36
Film ID:
1760.05
Issue Date:
02/05/1963

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