| A WHOLE TOWN WIPED OUT Damage inflicted in Cuba and Japan by tremendous winds an | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5478 |
| Catalog #: | 243387 | |
| Clip Number: | 243387-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 32/95 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:59 - 01:32:41 | |
| Location: | Cruz Del Sur, Cuba and Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Cyclones / Hurricanes DISASTERS: Tidal Waves LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Cuba | |
| Description: | GAZETTE "Cruz Del Sur, Cuba. A whole Town wiped out. - and thousands killed or drowned as cyclone and tidal wave sweep all away in their path." Cruz Del Sur, Cuba. Pan across devastated town of Cruz Del Sur, where a hurricane and tidal waves have devastated the town. There is not a building left standing - just bits of wood rising out of the receding water. A marooned boat sits high and dry having been lifted out of the water by the winds and tides. It is three miles inland A damaged car sits half submerged in a pool of water. L/S of smoke rising. Voiceover says that it is coming from the burning of the corpses of the dead. Shots of the axles of broken railway wagons. Smashed trucks - one labeled 'Cuba'. Scenes of the aftermath of a typhoon in Japan that killed 1,000 people. Japanese characters on one of the buildings identify the change of location. A Japanese woman walks through the shot of ruined buildings. | |
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