| WIDE WIDE WORLD - TEXAS CITY AFTERMATH Aftermath of Texas City fire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5641 |
| Catalog #: | 35384 | |
| Clip Number: | 35384-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 47/34 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Texas City, Texas | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 32965 WIDE WIDE WORLD - TEXAS CITY AFTERMATH Aftermath of Texas City fire. Aftermath of a terrible fire in an oil refinery. (Texas City Pier ammonium nitrate exploded on 4/16/47, killed 581 and injured over 5000 people) Texas City, Texas, United States of America (USA) LS the bright orb of the sun glimpsed through a dense swirling smoke. LS Twisted ghostly silhouettes seen indistinctly through the smoke rising from the still smouldering embers. LS a memorial service is held against a column of smoke rising in background. Funeral service is held amid the smouldering ruins. LS the bright orb of the sun seen through dense swirling smoke. LS Twisted ghostly silhouettes seen indistinctly through the smoke rising from the still smouldering embers. LS Rescuers among the heaps of rubble. LS a memorial service is held against a column of smoke rising in the background. CU a wreath. CU Good close up studies of stricken people at the memorial serevice. They seem numbed and stricken with shock of the disaster. | |
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