| MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 51 |
| Catalog #: | 312349 | |
| Clip Number: | 312349-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2314 D | |
| Timecode: | 00:01:17 - 00:04:33 | |
| Location: | Sicily | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Volcanoes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy, Sicily | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 34398 B/W Pathe newsreel footage (silent outtakes) of eruption of Mount Etna, Italy, 1950. Aerial shots of the area: mountains and villages: Catania, Giarre, Fornazzo. Closer aerial shot of little town, houses and church. POV through car windshield (the wiper is going), car approaches crossing where it is stopped by crossing guard; large sign posted that says, "Stop: police check post ahead" in English and Italian. Little boy walks into frame across wet stone pavement; camera tilts up to reveal town behind. Followed by great shots of small rural Italian town on wet rainy day: people walking through streets, kids standing in doorways with chickens in the street. Looking up at wall, with balcony on top and sign below: "Comune di Zafferone Etnea, Populazione 5479, Altitudine e. 600 SM." Group of men in coats and hats, looking at blueprint/plan and looking up. Old women, their heads covered with shawls, praying in the street outside church. Crossing themselves. Catholic, Religion. Women outside church in rain, pan up to steeple. Mt. Etna in background; bell tower in foreground. Men rolling barrel (of wine) up hill toward camera, loading it onto truck. Man leading bull (small) through streets with a rope. POV shot taken on back of donkey walking on dirt road. Men riding donkeys/mules/burros, silhouetted, up hills, dusk, with torches. The mountain/volcano itself, smouldering, with people standing around looking at it. Not a spectacular eruption. CU of young Italian men looking into distance. Molten lava and steam/smoke falling down hillside: not too violent; people are standing on the hillside watching it fall. Men gathered around blueprint/paper, looking at it and then off to the left. Aerial shot of Mount Etna, steam pouring off, men with camera (telephoto lens) on hill looking down at volcano. More aerial shots. Lots of billowing smoke/steam; very dramatic. | |
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