Final Demolition Of Vienna’s Rotunda (1937)

Title reads: “Vienna“. Austria. Final demolition of Vienna’s Rotunda (large glass palace). Various shots (taken a few months before) of large fire at Rotunda. Panning shot of pile of rubble - all that currently remains of building. Various shots of workmen clearing the debris to make way for a new building to replace old Rotunda. They start a fire a the base of a pillar - spectacular shot of pillar crumbling to ground. FILM ID:943.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed
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