| PARIS LABORATORY EXPLOSION Destruction in a Parisian suburb after 3,000 hand grenades explode. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6360 |
| Catalog #: | 253145 | |
| Clip Number: | 253145-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/9 | |
| Timecode: | 01:32:53 - 01:33:33 | |
| Location: | Paris. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Explosions LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris | |
| Description: | Paris laboratory explosion Paris. Various shots of the destruction left in a Paris suburb after 3,000 hand grenades confiscated from a 'secret society' exploded while soldiers and policemen were loading them onto a lorry outside a laboratory. The men were blown to pieces. People stand about looking at several wrecked truck and car frames and pieces of the men's clothing hanging from high tree branches. Commentator says Britain's Under Secretary Geoffrey Lloyd was due to visit the laboratory at about the time of the explosion but, at the last minute, was unable to come. (He may be seen here, but this cataloguer doesn't recognise him.) | |
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