| US EXPLOSION KILLS 30: INJURES 100. A large explosion caused by 4 barges loaded with explosives creates havoc in New Jersey. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8289 |
| Catalog #: | 34208 | |
| Clip Number: | 34208-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/43 | |
| Timecode: | 10:00:00 - 10:01:36 | |
| Location: | South Amboy, New Jersey | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Explosions DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New Jersey WAR & CONFLICT: Martial Law | |
| Description: | "US Explosion Kills 30: Injures 100." A large explosion caused by 4 barges loaded with explosives creates havoc. South Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America (USA). CU Two men walking along at night. One with bandaged head. MS Group of nurses arriving to help. MS Stretcher being carried up steps to hospital. CU Stretcher bearers carrying stretcher. CU Nurse walking beside stretcher. MS Nurses etc., gathered round casualty in hospital. MS Pan down exterior of damaged house. MS Interior, pan over littered room. MS Damaged wall and dressing table. MS Military police on duty outside building Cameramen walking in foreground. CU Two soldiers patrolling street. MS Truck in to damaged furniture. MS Litter. MS Harold G. Hoffman, former governor, looking at wreckage in his house. MS Salvage worker, stepping over wreckage. LS pan over harbor. LS Pan along barges, scene of the explosion LS pan over barges and harbor works. LS Elevated damage. LS Elevated damage to harbor works. LS Ground shot damaged harbor works. MS Damaged Chimney. LS Damaged warehouse. LS damage. MS Scattered wood. MS Man lifting anchor, which was hurled half a mile by the explosion. CU Anchor. LS Exterior view of a school showing shattered windows. MS shattered windows. LS harbor. | |
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