Dynamiting A Mountain 1925

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Item title reads - Dynamiting a mountain! Hundred of tons of limestone hurled in air by big explosion, makes majestic spectacle. Newton.

M/S of a man poking a hole in the ground with a stick, another man hands him the charge of dynamite and he puts it in and pokes it down. M/S of a man ready...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25421
Sort Number:
G 1254
Time in/Out:
01:40:01:00 / 01:41:04:00
Canister:
G 1254
Film ID:
442.21
Issue Date:
28/12/1925

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