LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

San Francisco earthquake - eyewitness accounts and aftermath

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:18

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, California. At least 270 people are known to have died with another 500 injured. A two-tier highway collapsed, buildings toppled, roads buckled and fires erupted as gas mains fractured. Includes interviews with eyewitnesses: Claudia Gometz; Darius Brewer; Kathy(?) O’Reardon(?); Anne Haglan(?); also with Frank Baldwin, National Earthquake Centre; David Jennings, British TV reporter; Inspector Christine Curran on stopping looting; Mayor Art Agnos.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya; Claudia Gometz; Darius Brewer; Kathy(?) O’Reardon(?); Anne Haglan(?); Frank Baldwin; David Jennings; Christine Curran; Art Agnos

Keywords

California; USA; Earthquakes; Deaths; Fires; Bridges; Natural disasters; Rescue work; Looting; Search and rescue operations; San Francisco

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