| BERLIN BOMBED Authorities in Berlin carry out an exercise where the city is bombed and gassed to test efficiency of emergency services and teach people | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5537 | |
| Catalog #: | 251647 | |
| Clip Number: | 251647-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 35/25 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:57 - 01:25:07 | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1935 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Equipment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin MILITARY: Training SAFETY: Search and Rescue TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Military, Bomber WEAPONS: Bombs WEAPONS: Chemical, Poison Gas WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Civil Defense WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue) | |
| Description: | Berlin bombed. High officials witness realistic air attacks with gas and incendiary bombs. Berlin, Germany Berlin is subjected to bombing and gassing to teach its people how to cope with attacks from the air. L/S of airplanes flying overhead, smoke billows out of a window. M/S as a truck full of soldiers drives by. Various shots of smoke and firemen unfurling hoses. M/S of men in gas masks at a crater which is result of gas explosion, they use chemical extinguishers to fight it. M/S of car on fire, M/S of men in gas masks on fire engine rescuing people. View of rescue crews drilling side of building in order to get people out. Man helps soldiers out of building. Shot of rescue workers lifting wounded man on stretcher onto flatbed of truck. Nice CU of face wearing gasmask. Shot of equipment. Shot of firefighters using hose. Creepy shot of people in full body protective gear (gasmask included) sweeping a neutralizing chemical on the street. Shots of men moving rubble. | |
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