| Rio de Janeiro Floods | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425701 | |
| Clip Number: | 425701-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-017-02 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Brazil, South America | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Commuters CROWDS: Pedestrians DISASTERS: Collapses & Cave-Ins DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro WEATHER: Rain WEATHER: Storms | |
| Description: | Record rainfall brings floods, death and destruction to the resort city of Rio de Janeiro. 224 persons are killed and three thousand left homeless as roads become rivers, apartment buildings collapse, and hillsides slide down from the heights onto city streets. Establishing shot - Torrential rain, flooded streets and a damaged bridge. MS - A washed out street. MS - A bus coming down a flooded street and people standing hip high in water. High Angle Shot - Traffic grid lock, people just standing in the main thoroughfare that is blocked due to land slide. CU - Debris from destroyed homes, barns etc. MS - A mount of rubbish that turns out to be the remains of a 6-story apartment building that collapsed killing 150 people. MS - A crowd of pedestrians and rescue workers digging thru the remains of buildings looking for survivors. High Angle Shot - Rescue workers removing a survivor from the remains of a building. High Angle Shot - A woman laying of a stretcher, injured. | |
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