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Man Debates Death Dive 1953
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New York,
SV. Pan with Sidney Hermann in his wheel chair title Super. over LV. Naval veteran Sidney Hermann standing on fourteenth floor ledge of veterans Hospital New York. & LV. SV. Firemen in hospital with emergency equipment. LV. Searchlights played on hospital pan to building LV. Floodlit...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Bond
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 28761
- Sort Number:
- 53/066
- Time in/Out:
- 01:22:32:00 / 01:23:18:00
- Canister:
- 53/66
- Film ID:
- 114.21
- Issue Date:
- 31/08/1953
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