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Bolle dairy milkman rings his bell, Berlin 1932

Name: Bolle dairy milkman rings his bell, Berlin 1932
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:42:32.236Z
Duration: 4 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)
Description: A delivery man for the C. Bolle dairy rings a hand bell on a Berlin residential street to call housewives out for fresh milk, while a boy watches closely nearby. Door-to-door milk delivery announced by a bell was a fixture of Berlin daily life before refrigerators became common. Bolle, founded by Carl Bolle in 1881, operated one of the city's largest dairy delivery fleets.

A delivery man for the C. Bolle dairy rings a hand bell on a Berlin residential street to call housewives out for fresh milk, while a boy watches closely nearby. Door-to-door milk delivery announced by a bell was a fixture of Berlin daily life before refrigerators became common. Bolle, founded by Carl Bolle in 1881, operated one of the city's largest dairy delivery fleets.

Period: 1932
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE010292
Length: 0' 04"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 90,623,332 bytes

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