| LONDON BRIDGE DEMOLITION London Bridge is Coming Down | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 55 |
| Catalog #: | 312496 | |
| Clip Number: | 312496-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/19 | |
| Timecode: | 10:08:35 - 10:09:39 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Bridges ENGINEERING: Bridges, Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 46637 London Bridge is dismantled and prepared for sale. Shot looking across bridge, heavy traffic of pedestrians (mid-late 1960s). Pedestrians approaching camera, aware of it but trying not to look into it. LS of workmen dismantling side of bridge. Two shots of men with picks & jackhammers working. CU block with "4C37" painted on it; all the blocks & pieces of the bridge are numbered. Shot of railing (pieces w/numbers). Two men carry stone column piece of railing and carefully set it down. Welders cutting steel beams. LS of construction site. Workman on top of wall, all the stones are numbered. Jackhammer chiseling away at space where block used to be. Another shot of numbered blocks. Another LS of construction, overhead shot of bridge with traffic. Landmark, Monument, Construction, Puzzle, Mess, History. | |
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