| THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE Shots of Tokyo before the earthquake destroyed it. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5273 |
| Catalog #: | 56502 | |
| Clip Number: | 56502-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1022 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:04 - 01:15:12 | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Pedestrians LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan, Tokyo SCENICS: Urban TRANSPORTATION: Pedestrian TRANSPORTATION: Traffic Scenes | |
| Description: | The Japanese earthquake. Graphic pictures that tell their own story of greatest catastrophe in the world's history. 'Editor's note. Editor Pathe Gazette pays tribute to Ralph Earle, his operator in the Orient who risked his life to make the pictures you now see.' M/S of a map of Japan in negative, words appear with an arrow pointing to Tokyo, it says 'where 150,000 were killed or injured.' M/S of another arrow saying 'Yokohama, 1400 houses burned 100,000 casualties.' These are repeated in positive. The camera pans across Tokyo before the earthquake. M/S of a busy street with people walking down between the houses, C/U of the street. Trams run down the road and people walk about. M/S of the street taken from a tram. Great establishing shots streets of Tokyo, pre-disaster (pedestrians, crowds, trolleys, police officers, etc | |
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