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"It's The Last Straw Etc..." 1930
Description
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...
Data
- 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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