| Slide Wipes Out Peruvian Town | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1693 |
| Catalog #: | 361415 | |
| Clip Number: | 361415-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 035-006-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:35:55 - 00:37:20 | |
| Location: | Andes Mountains | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Landslides LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Mountains, Andes LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Peru | |
| Description: | Slide Wipes Out Peruvian Towns One of the worst disasters in modern history wiped out 16 settlements and villages huddled in the shadow of the Peruvian Andes. Aerial footage of Mountain range (Andes mountains). Millions of tons of rock, mud and ice, loosed by melting snows, roared down the mountainside to bury more than 3,000 people. People clean up the aftermath and a priest says a prayer (last rites) over the rubble. Villagers. | |
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