| Hong Kong Disaster: Floods, Landslides Kill Over Eighty | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426110 | |
| Clip Number: | 426110-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-049-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Hong Kong, China | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Storms DISASTERS: Survivors LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong WEATHER: Rain | |
| Description: | Torrential rains set off disastrous floods and landslides in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Result: More than 80 dead -- 71 injured. It's the worst natural catastrophe to strike the Colony in years and the weather outlook is still critical. Establishing shot - The British Colony of Hong Kong, people waling in the flooded streets with umbrellas. CUS - A road that has been washed away looks like a small waterfall. Camera pans to another part of the street that became a sink hole - The voice over states that many lost their lives because of the shifting earth. MS - Railroad tracks that buckled up due to the torrential rain fall, a policeman patrolling the track. CUS - Police digging out cars impacted by mud and dirt that were swept off roads by the rush of water. High Angle Shot - Cars, station wagons and trucks buried up to the door handles with mud and rock, facing all kinds of directions. MS - Water careening down an elevated street giving off the illusion of a giant water slide. High Angle Shot - At the bottom of a hill, a mired of cars and trucks tossed around and landing up like match-box toy cars. | |
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