Excelsior! 1924

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Introductory intertitle reads: "The shades of Wall Street were falling fast, When up a sky-scraping flagpole passed, A man, who grimly climbed and climbed, and............ Well, just watch........"

Low angle shot of a man sitting on top of the dome of a very tall building. Camera pans around...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14777
Sort Number:
EP 069
Time in/Out:
01:27:43:00 / 01:29:14:00
Canister:
EP 069
Film ID:
860.13
Issue Date:

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