Painting The Golden Gate Bridge 1940

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Full title reads: "Painting the Golden Gate Bridge".

San Francisco, California, United States of America (USA).

View of Golden Gate Bridge from one end of the Bay.

Shots of men climbing around high up on the structure of the bridge. Shots of men hanging from wires painting...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20681
Sort Number:
40/027
Time in/Out:
01:02:36:00 / 01:03:28:00
Canister:
40/27
Film ID:
1041.04
Issue Date:
01/04/1940

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