The Stunning Force Of A Gas Explosion

Clip: 355275_1_1

Year Shot: 1957 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1641

Original Film: 030-100-04

HD: N/A

Location: Villa Rica, Georgia

Timecode: 00:30:17 - 00:30:58

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The town of Villa Rica, Georgia is virtually razed by a disastrous gas explosion. 12 Are killed outright by the blast, which hit with A-Bomb impact. Smoldering rubble with rescue workers looking for any survivors. Camera pans - Rescue working with shovels and pick axes. Panning shot - Guardsmen guarding and keeping order in the town of Villa Rica. MS - Men picking up brick by brick, handing it off removing as much as they can in a short period of time. MS - A huge hole where a buildings once stood, now filled by the signature of a aftermath of rubble left by a gas-explosion by the likes of a A-Bomb