How explosives brought down a city apartment block...in 1940
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02 May 2023
Archive footage from 1940 shows a New York City apartment block, which cost US$2 million to build (that’s around US$43 million in today’s money), being demolished to make way for government offices.
Copyright: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Story Copyright: Thomson Reuters
How demolition used to be done...in 1948 ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: Demo crews collapse chimney stacks
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