"It's The Last Straw Etc..." 1930

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Full title reads: "Cincinnati. 'It's the last straw, etc...' - Overloading with tons of rolls of paper, causes collapse of four-storey warehouse."

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.

Views of a paper warehouse as its walls and floors collapse under the weight of too many rolls...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6258
Sort Number:
30/003
Time in/Out:
01:48:31:00 / 01:49:18:00
Canister:
30/3
Film ID:
711.25
Issue Date:
10/06/1930

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