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Biscarosse - New French Transatlantic Seaport 1938
Description
Titles read: "BISCAROSSE - New FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC SEAPORT".
Various shots of men driving bulldozers across sandy land and forest land, clearing the way for the building of a new seaport at Biscarosse on the Bay of Biscay. Most of the sand is pushed into the nearby water.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 16377
- Sort Number:
- 38/020
- Time in/Out:
- 01:03:01:00 / 01:04:07:00
- Canister:
- 38/20
- Film ID:
- 957.05
- Issue Date:
- 10/03/1938
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