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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

156

Date Released

30 May 1932

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Call of the Sea Lures Vacationists
• 2. Fatal Crash Mars Airmen’s Congress
• 3. Daredevil Rider Meets Waterloo
• 4. Famous Khyber Pass Visited by Viceroy
• 5. The Tragedy of the ‘George’s Philipar’
• 6. Civic Aviation Holds Are Pageant

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Daredevil Rider Meets Waterloo. DESCRIPTION: Motor-cyclists try to climb freak Californian gradient which proves to be stiff all but one. SHOTLIST: Long shot of spectators watching the cyclists attempting hill. They nearly all fall over and roll down. One reaches top and is cheered.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Environment; Motorcycling; Stunts; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1836

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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