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25 Years Ago (King Edward Abdicates; Oakland Bay Bridge Opened; Fax Machine)

Reel Number: 220878-27

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1936

Country: England,United Kingdom,USA

Location: London,Oakland,San Francisco

TC Begins: 12:29:24

TC Ends: 12:31:09

Duration: 00:01:45

25 Years Ago (King Edward Abdicates; Oakland Bay Bridge Opened; Fax Machine) King Edward VIII abdicates for Simpson Edward reviews troops. Still Wallis Simpson; 10 Downing Street, people on street. Queen Elizabeth & daughters Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret exit car. Walking in formal procession. Royalty; Marriage; 1936; 12:30:16 San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge opens. Cars waiting, chain cut w/ cutting torch. Cars thru toll booth, POV from cars & looking up. Dedication; 12:30:40 Man at desk on tlephone. Turntable machine turning picture & result over telephone line. Facsimile machine ancestor. Fax machine. Inventions; Future; Futuristic;

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