To Join The United States And Canada 1929

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Item title reads - To join the United States and Canada. Ambassador Bridge largest in the world, nearly completed. Detroit, America, (USA, U.S.A.).

L/S of the Ambassador bridge, the camera pans up it. M/S of men working on it, various shots as they walk along a girder.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18634
Sort Number:
G 1647
Time in/Out:
01:24:27:00 / 01:25:28:00
Canister:
G 1647
Film ID:
804.17
Issue Date:
03/10/1929

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