Bridges While You Wait 1931

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"Here's the latest from Uncle Sam."

L/S of large number of men in uniform stand either side of a a long wooden construction. They bend their knees and lift the wooden blocks. They walk towards the camera carrying the wood - it is a floating bridge. L/S of the bridge being floated on a river....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50693
Sort Number:
PSP 707
Time in/Out:
01:18:48:00 / 01:20:17:00
Canister:
PSP 707
Film ID:
1582.10
Issue Date:
22/10/1931

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