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Safety-First Sandbags AKA Sand Bagging In… 1942
Description
Titles read: "SAND BAGGING IN USA" (Dublin issue).
San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Various shots of sand being excavated by a bulldozer around the coast of San Francisco.
M/S of a notice reading "Italian Blood Is In Some Of Our Veins But America Is In...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 43515
- Sort Number:
- 42/002
- Time in/Out:
- 01:21:12:00 / 01:21:50:00
- Canister:
- 42/2 (Dublin)
- Film ID:
- 1314.10
- Issue Date:
- 05/01/1942
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