Beach Combing On Broadway 1930

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Material considered unusable due to nitrate decomposition.

No title. "Beach-combing on Broadway is the lazy man's newest pastime - New York City." High angle shot of New York street - image almost unviewable and therefore unusable due to nitrate decomposition damage. "Millions of people walk...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
30202
Sort Number:
EP 296
Time in/Out:
01:24:25:00 / 01:26:07:00
Canister:
EP 296
Film ID:
256.11
Issue Date:

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