Final Demolition Of Vienna's Rotunda 1937

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Title reads: "Vienna".

Austria.

Final demolition of Vienna's Rotunda (large glass palace). Various shots (taken a few months before) of large fire at Rotunda. Panning shot of pile of rubble - all that currently remains of building. Various shots of workmen clearing the debris to make...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
16057
Sort Number:
37/094
Time in/Out:
01:17:59:00 / 01:18:44:00
Canister:
37/94
Film ID:
943.20
Issue Date:
25/11/1937

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  • The building was called the "Rotunde", rather than the Rotunda.

    It had been constructed for the Vienna World Fair of 1873 (Welttausstellung 1873 Wien).

    SEE ALSO CLIP 935.12, WHICH SHOWS THE FIRE THAT DANAGED THE BUILDING.

    jamied 4th May 2012

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