The Largest Marble Monolith In The World 1929

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Item title reads - The largest marble monolith in the world - gift of Italian nation to Mussolini - leaves Carrara for Rome drawn by 80 oxen. Italy.

L/S of the oxen with men driving them, struggling along pulling the truck. Various shots of the oxen dragging the big truck behind them, we do...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35687
Sort Number:
G 1587
Time in/Out:
01:06:23:00 / 01:07:24:00
Canister:
G 1587
Film ID:
782.05
Issue Date:
07/03/1929

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