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Blocks of flats rise from the sand

Name: Blocks of flats rise from the sand
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T01:25:32.000Z
Duration: 17 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)
Description: A row of new white blocks of flats, three and four storeys high with recessed balconies and shop fronts at street level, stretches into the distance along a sandy, unpaved road; telegraph poles stand along the verge, a cyclist rides past and clouds pile up above the roofs.

A row of new white blocks of flats, three and four storeys high with recessed balconies and shop fronts at street level, stretches into the distance along a sandy, unpaved road; telegraph poles stand along the verge, a cyclist rides past and clouds pile up above the roofs.

Period: 1938
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE010894
Length: 0' 17"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 365,917,155 bytes

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