| 77 Dead - Hundreds Stricken By Poisoned Bread | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1767 |
| Catalog #: | 425485 | |
| Clip Number: | 425485-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-097-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Colombia | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Diseases | |
| Description: | 77 die, hundreds are stricken after eating poisoned bread in the Colombian city of Chiquinquira. Most of the dead are children below 17. A local bakery made the bread, not knowing the flour has been contaminated by pesticide which leaked in shipment. Footage begins by showing crowds of people lined outside a medical clinic holding young children in their arms. The children are then seen receiving medical treatments via tubes down their throats, and lying motionless on metal framed beds in a hospital ward. Street marquee sign of the bakery that sold the poisoned bread, and bags of tainted flour being inspected by officials in a stockroom. | |
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