| Civil Defense: New York Holds Mass Drill Against A-Bomb. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1565 |
| Catalog #: | 351594 | |
| Clip Number: | 351594-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-509-03 | |
| Timecode: | 02:59:14 - 03:00:12 | |
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Drills FIREFIGHTING: Rescues LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York SAFETY: National Defense SAFETY: Search and Rescue WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Misc. | |
| Description: | Civil Defense: New York Holds Mass Drill Against A-Bomb. In a spectacular test of its civil defense forces, the world's biggest city 'digs out' after a simulated atomic attack. Rescue of injured and battle against burning buildings highlights the dramatic drill. Night scenes show rubble, smoldering building. Men in helmets gather in civil defense office of some sort. Really nifty night scenes of FDNY truck passing, firefighters climbing tall ladder with smoke drifting by (these shots could pass for some generic scenes of firemen at work). Officials walk through. A stretcher-type thing is lowered from a building. Rescue workers carry stretchers of "wounded." Simulation, but these scenes could be used to show people in the 1950s responding to an emergency. | |
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