| NEW BRIDGE OPENED A new bridge is opened in Poland by Marshall Smigly-Rydz. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6336 |
| Catalog #: | 52168 | |
| Clip Number: | 52168-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/3 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:30 - 01:30:06 | |
| Location: | Poland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Grand Opening CEREMONIES: Ribbon Cutting ENGINEERING: Bridges, Suspension LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Poland | |
| Description: | NEW BRIDGE OPENED (aka AT VLADIVOSTOCK) A new bridge is opened in Poland by Marshall Smigly-Rydz. Poland. Various shots of a new bridge being opened at an unknown location in Poland. Commentator says it's "a place with a name like someone trying to swallow his false teeth shouting Vladivostock" (Vladivostock is in Russia). Marshal Smigly-Rydz, described as Poland's semi-dictator, cuts a ribbon to open the bridge. He is followed across by a bishop (?) and other clergymen and a huge crowd of people. Point of view shot from a car as we travel across the bridge. | |
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