Women's Motor Rally 1939

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St. Raphael, France.

Full titles read: "WOMEN'S MOTOR RALLY"

L/S's of motor cars driven by women arriving in St. Raphael from Paris. Besides racing the women also have to under go a series of test which include reversing backwards without running over the cones (which one women finds...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
19189
Sort Number:
39/022
Time in/Out:
01:30:08:00 / 01:30:59:00
Canister:
39/22
Film ID:
1003.36
Issue Date:
16/03/1939

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