| 1500 KILLED, 2000 INJURED the devastation caused by an earthquake and tidal wave in Chile. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5241 |
| Catalog #: | 55220 | |
| Clip Number: | 55220-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 947 | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:32 - 01:20:12 | |
| Location: | Vallenar, Chile | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Aid / Relief DISASTERS: Earthquakes DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Tidal Waves DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Chile | |
| Description: | 1500 killed and 2000 injured in terrible earthquake followed by tidal wave at Vallenar. First and exclusive pictures (Aftermath only) Chili. (Chile) Camera pans across rubble and wrecked houses, M/S of people clearing away the debris. M/S of a wrecked street with collapsed buildings, aerial view of demolished houses. Men carry someone on a stretcher through the rubble. Various shots of the makeshift hospital with canvas awnings covering the beds. 'Donkey caravans transported food supplies to starving and homeless inhabitants.' Donkeys make their way through the streets loaded with stuff. Various shots as people queue up at a shutter for food, they are handed supplies and move on. C/U as a woman is handed two small bags. | |
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