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Circa 1966 home movie frame, probably Virginia: a red and white car parked below two white houses, a gabled bungalow and a distant water tower.

The pan opens on a red car with a white roof, two white houses and a bungalow, circa 1966.

1966 · Virginia, United States

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Mid-1960s suburban street, likely in Virginia, with a white shuttered house, a water tower above the treeline and a red car at the kerb.

As the camera moves left the water tower clears the trees behind the white house.

1966 · Virginia, United States

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Circa 1966 neighbourhood view, probably Virginia: a water tower beside a white house, sedans parked across the lawn and a utility pole on the skyline.

Parked sedans, a utility pole and the water tower fill the left side of the frame.

1966 · Virginia, United States

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Closing frame of a circa 1966 home movie pan, likely Virginia, with a utility pole and water tower against a pale sky and a white house at right.

The shot ends with the white house at the right edge and the red car leaving the frame.

1966 · Virginia, United States

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Golden Gate Bridge from the San Francisco side circa 1975, deck running to the far tower with the Marin Headlands, foliage and water below.

The Golden Gate Bridge seen from the San Francisco side, circa 1975, with the Marin Headlands behind and the strait below.

1975 · San Francisco, California, United States

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Near tower and cross-bracing of the Golden Gate Bridge circa 1975, the deck stretching toward the far tower and hazy Marin Headlands.

The near tower and its cross-bracing at the left edge as the camera drifts right, circa 1975.

1975 · San Francisco, California, United States

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Golden Gate Bridge cables and suspender ropes circa 1975, filmed on Super 8 from the San Francisco end with bare Marin hills behind.

Main cables and suspender ropes of the Golden Gate Bridge against the Marin Headlands, circa 1975.

1975 · San Francisco, California, United States

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Tilted-up Super 8 view of the Golden Gate Bridge tower portal and sweeping cables circa 1975, San Francisco, with sky above the headlands.

After the tilt up, the tower portal and sweeping cables fill the frame against a pale blue sky, circa 1975.

1975 · San Francisco, California, United States

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Golden Gate Bridge seen from the San Francisco side circa 1972, with sailboats on the strait, a foreground cypress and the hazy Marin Headlands.

The shot opens on the strait, with white sails on the water below the Golden Gate Bridge, circa 1972.

1972 · Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States

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Mid-tilt view of the Golden Gate Bridge deck and cables, circa 1972, with the near tower entering at left and a small sail still on the water.

As the camera lifts, the near tower enters at the left and the deck runs out toward the far tower.

1972 · Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States

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Golden Gate Bridge near tower, vertical suspender cables and far tower against the Marin Headlands, Super 8 film circa 1972.

The near tower and vertical suspender cables fill the left of the frame, with the Marin Headlands behind.

1972 · Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States

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End of the tilt on the Golden Gate Bridge, circa 1972: tower at left, deck and main cable sweeping toward the far tower over the Marin hills.

The tilt ends with the deck, main cable and far tower set against the hills and a pale sky.

1972 · Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States

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Two men cross an airport apron shading their eyes, with a brick control tower and terminal behind, Western Australia, circa 1966.

Two men walk onto the apron, hands raised against the low sun, with the control tower and terminal beyond.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Men stand beside a plant quarantine sign on an airport apron in Western Australia, circa 1966, with an aircraft tail at the frame edge.

The men stop to look across the tarmac; a quarantine sign and the tail of a parked aircraft frame the scene.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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A man in a tweed jacket shades his eyes beside a companion in shirtsleeves on a 1960s Western Australian airport apron near the tower.

One man keeps his hands to his eyes while his companion waits with hands in pockets.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Closer view of two men by a Department of Agriculture plant quarantine sign and brick control tower, Western Australia, circa 1966.

The clearest view of the sign: 'Plant Quarantine, all fruit & plants, inspection at the gate', with the tower and terminal behind.

1966 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Flower beds and a rail fence in front of a white red-roofed resort hotel with guests on the lawn, probably Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.

Flower beds and a rail fence in front of the long white hotel, where a few guests stand talking on the lawn. Probably Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.

1950 · Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada

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Dormered red roof, stone chimney and gable end of a white resort hotel above flower gardens, probably Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.

The pan reaches the end of the hotel, showing its row of dormers, a stone chimney and guests gathered on the lawn above the gardens.

1950 · Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada

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Flower beds below dark conifers with village buildings appearing beyond the hotel grounds, probably Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.

Midway through the pan the hotel leaves the frame and the village begins to show past the conifers and hedge.

1950 · Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada

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Village rooftops and a small red-roofed church tower under forested hills, seen over hotel flower gardens, probably Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.

The pan ends on the village and a small red-roofed church tower beneath forested hills, with the hotel's flower beds in the foreground.

1950 · Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada

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Truss tower and pier of the Jacques Cartier Bridge coming into view from the St. Lawrence River, Montreal, circa 1950.

The pan reaches a peaked truss tower standing on a tall tapered pier, Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, circa 1950.

1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Jacques Cartier Bridge tower centred above its pier, with the approach span beginning at right, filmed from the river at Montreal circa 1950.

The cantilever tower at centre frame, where the main steelwork steps down to the lower approach span, Montreal, circa 1950.

1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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A visitor stands in profile in front of the castle-style entrance building at Ruby Falls, Chattanooga, circa 1971.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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Smiling woman in a patterned blouse and vest beside the Ruby Falls castle building seen through spring trees, Tennessee, circa 1971.

The woman smiles while looking off to the right, with the stone building and its tower lettering behind her.

1971 · Ruby Falls, Tennessee, United States

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