Business As Usual 1925

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Item title reads - Business as Usual. Santa Barbara "gets on with the job" within a few hours after the earthquake. California, USA (U.S.A.).

M/S as a man on a crane lifts stone from a collapsed building and moves it into a truck. M/S as postal workers sort mail into slots in a rack outdoors....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19656
Sort Number:
G 1208
Time in/Out:
01:38:31:00 / 01:39:43:00
Canister:
G 1208
Film ID:
412.24
Issue Date:
20/07/1925

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