Den Sidste Stump Af Østervold Graves Bort For At Give Plads Til Boulevardbanen
1913 · 3m · Documentary
The remains of the Baltic Violence have been eroded away by the large steam excavator. There is a man standing at the railway cutting as trains pass. He throws something into the railway cutting. This person is seen in several of the recordings from 1913. It may be journalist Anker Kirkeby.
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