San Francisco Earthquake 1906

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This is Pinewood Stock Cans material.

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

Various shots of police, rescue workers and firemen at work clearing the rubble and playing with hoses after mass destruction of 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Various shots of the rubble,...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
91948
Sort Number:
PSC 11
Time in/Out:
01:54:31:00 / 02:01:10:00
Canister:
PSC 11
Film ID:
3340.21
Issue Date:

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