What Ho! She Jumps! 1934

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Description

Titles read: "WHAT HO! She Jumps!".

United States of America.

Various shots of an old beaten up car tearing around over scrubland - commentator describes it as "a car that can't be wrecked". It looks like a basic shell of a car made from steel, with a large pointed fin at the back....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38522
Sort Number:
PT 240
Time in/Out:
01:40:11:00 / 01:40:50:00
Canister:
PT 240
Film ID:
1106.21
Issue Date:
29/10/1934

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