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Wonderful Amy ... 1932
Description
Full title reads: "South Africa. Wonderful Amy ... in the 'Desert Cloud' - reaches Cape Town in 4 days 6 hrs 52 mins, beating her husband - Jim Mollison's record - by 10 1/2 hours!"
Cape Town, South Africa.
(N.B. Music starts before titles - titles only last a few frames - spacing...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 5303
- Sort Number:
- 32/098
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:02:00 / 01:01:24:00
- Canister:
- 32/98
- Film ID:
- 691.01
- Issue Date:
- 08/12/1932
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