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1949 Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Largest Passenger Plane; Cannes Film Festival 221686-14 | Footage Farm

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Channel: footagefarm · 2013 · Film & Animation

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News In Brief (Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse & Rebuilding; Largest Passenger Plane; Cannes Film Festival, 1949)
07:02:07  Tacoma, Wash.  Workers on suspension bridge under construction.  View from one tower to other.  Men working on cables; man at drum feeding out cable.  View of cables.
07:02:30  Swish pan to buckling suspension bridge in wind; man on bridge running off, car in middle & bridge collapses.
07:02:58  Swish pan to new bridge under construction.  View of tower & bridge from water.
07:03:12  England.  Men working on large Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk1 airplane tail  (G-AGPW.  View from under wings & tightening bolts.  Man up ladder into fuselage.  Motors starting (SD).  Taxiing & people waving.  Taking off.
07:04:15  Title:  France.  View of Cannes Film Festival hall exterior.  Flags lighted at night; well-dressed people at entrance.
07:04:29  Two sailors look at large sign listing USA films.  LS of large outdoor garden w/ people at tables & stage in background.  CU Erich von Stroheim drinking glass of wine.  Man at microphone kisses hand of blonde actress (?).  Edward G. Robinson at microphone.  People watching.  Ballet dancers performing; people in garden stand.  Fireworks over palm trees.
Iron workers; British Commercial Aviation; Motion Pictures; Movies; Actors; Actresses;
NOTE:  Need for large transport discussed beginning in WW2 but only one prototype of Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk1 was produced.  The program was scrapped in 1953.

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