| Tornadoes: 52 Dead as Twisters Rip Illinois Towns | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1760 |
| Catalog #: | 425842 | |
| Clip Number: | 425842-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-034-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:07:37 - 00:08:58 | |
| Location: | Oak Lawn, Illinois | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Kindness CROWDS: Misc. DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Tornado DISASTERS: Victims HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Emergency Treatment LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois, Chicago OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Doctors OCCUPATIONS: Medical, Nurses | |
| Description: | "At least 52 people killed, thousands injured as 18 tornadoes rip through Illinois with no advance warning. A Chicago suburb, Oak Lawn and Belvidere, a farming town nearby, are the hardest hit. Homes, busses, buildings all crumble before the 500 foot high, half-mile wide funnel. Many people are still missing, believed buried under debris Panning LS - Devastated building. TLS - Fireman leaning from ruined wall of wrecked building. LS - National Guardsmen & local police standing amidst destruction. Panning MS - Three National Guard soldiers marching by cam with shoulder bound M1 rifles & affixed bayonets. TLS/MSs - Destroyed homes. Panning MS - Elderly man walking through remnants of home, trying salvage some clothes. TLS - Debris outside house. TLS - Older woman gathering belongings in debris. LSs - Wrecked Catholic school in Oak Lawn, roof torn off, one show with two nuns in FG, their backs to cam. TLS - Destroyed bus smashed against house. TLSs -School buses stacked on street. TLS/MSs - Destroyed houses, buildings, cars. Panning TLS - People standing in waiting room of hospital. MS- Two nurses taking wounded man on gurney to elevator in hospital. | |
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