| LOCKED IN THE ICE Channel through frozen Baltic sea is made by exploding the ice. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5330 |
| Catalog #: | 243421 | |
| Clip Number: | 243421-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1262 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:24 - 01:47:40 | |
| Location: | Sweden. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Sweden WEATHER: Ice | |
| Description: | LOCKED IN THE ICE In the absence of an Icebreaker, dynamite - electrically exploded - is used to clear the Channel for navigation in the Baltic Sea. Hernosund (aka Harnosand or Hernosand), Sweden. Panning shot of a group of men standing on frozen sea, they all have poles and shovels that they repeatedly stab the ground with, in the distance is a ship (presumably stuck in the ice). M/S of two men hanging dynamite on ropes down the holes dug. L/S of the frozen sea with the land in the distance, in the foreground a man plunging the detonator, the ice explodes in a spectacular fashion. L/S of the explosion from a different angle, the anchored ship can be seen in the distance. | |
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