Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This 16mm film from sometime between 1951 and 1969 shows people with umbrellas shaking hands, and cars starting to cross the bridge.

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Note: While the footage is unedited, the original film had no sound, so we added some music for the background.

Resource Identifier: 0920-001-008_011mp

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