Vesuvius in Eruption

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
8
Date Released
29 Jul 1929
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vesuvius in Eruption. DESCRIPTION: First pictures in sound of boiling lava within a crater of a Volcano. SHOTLIST: Close shots of the top of the volcano with the steam erupting from same. Lava crushes everything. The village of Terzigno is destroyed. Panning shot of the village and people rushing about before wall collapses in front of the lava. Various other buildings collapse before same.
Keywords
Landforms; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
397
Length of story (in feet)
159
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Vesuvius in Eruption', British Movietone News Issue No. 8, 29 Jul 1929. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/2195 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)