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Bridges While You Wait 1931
Description
"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....
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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