Skopje - Stricken City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1782A
Date Released
1 Aug 1963
Date Other
Jul 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skopje - Stricken City. DESCRIPTION: Movietone’s pictures show highlights of the earthquake which struck Skopje, Macedonia, taking so many lives and causing so much damage. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ruined buildings. CU sign Skopje. GV building - one side collapsed. CU interior - same. GV pan down building. CU clock stopped at 5.20 am. GV building. GV another. GV pan devastation. MS army rescuers. Woman pulled out from under rubble, old woman helped along by 2 men. MCU people carrying their belongings. MS pan - man with cart. President Tito walks through devastation. Workman with pick axe. MS pan clearing rubble. GV same. MS President Tito looking. GV clearing rubble. TS rescuers in hole. GV woman pulled from hole. MS same carried away. CU man on stretcher. MCU doctor attends to another. MS man on stretcher lifted into plane. CU same. GV army clearing rubble (pan). MCU woman pulled from rubble. GV stretcher carried to waiting lorry. MS pan - clearing rubble. GV pan - collapsed building.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Yugoslavia; Skopje; Macedonia
Footage sources
France
Germany
Card file number
87003
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
201
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Skopje - Stricken City', British Movietone News Issue No. 1782A, 1 Aug 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25195 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)