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The name plate of the Kosciuszko Bridge

On the riveted girders of a steel truss a rectangular cast plate bears the words Kosciuszko Bridge in raised letters, flanked on each side by a round medallion with a crowned eagle, the arms of Poland. The bridge over Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens, opened in 1939, was named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish officer who fought in the American Revolution; Polish immigrants lived in large numbers in nearby Greenpoint.

Period
1941
Credit
The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name
HFE010463
Length
0' 51"
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Frames per Second
24 fps
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yuv422p10le
Resolution
1920 × 1080
Format
MOV
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1,133,755,460 bytes
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