News Flashes - Venezuela 1956

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Caracas, Venezuela.

GV. Sub Super scene - road, people walking about in Caracas, Venezuela. GV. Crowds, including rescue workers, working near collapsed bridge. GV. Collapsed bridge with rescue workers walking all over it and showing twisted steel - 14 people have died in this disaster. TV....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32396
Sort Number:
56/095
Time in/Out:
01:03:20:00 / 01:04:00:00
Canister:
56/95
Film ID:
619.04
Issue Date:
26/11/1956

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