Blowing Up A Bridge 1927

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Item title reads: " Blowing Up A Bridge. Engineers "remove condemned 68 year old Bridge with powerful charge of dynamite."

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M/S of a bridge, and the camera pan across its length. C/U as a man pushes a plunger. L/S of explosions as the bridge collapses. M/S of bridge...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33558
Sort Number:
G 1457
Time in/Out:
01:42:54:00 / 01:44:20:00
Canister:
G 1457
Film ID:
708.24
Issue Date:
08/12/1927

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