Sicily’s Agony
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sicily’s Agony. DESCRIPTION: At least five hundred people are thought to have lost their lives in the fearful earthquakes in Sicily. For the refugees - a terrible prospect, with hardly any shelter remaining to protect them from the winter weather. SHOTLIST: CU road sign Trapani & Agrigento. Pan to rubble by roadside. Pan houses demolished by earthquake. CU road sign Carabinieri. GV town demolished by earthquake. LS fireman clearing rubble. MLS MS ditto. MS firemen wearing masks carry body past on stretcher. MS coffins on ground. Pan up house wrecked by earthquake. LS rubble around remains of houses. Pan down building wrecked by earthquake. GV Refugees on tent site. MS ditto. MCU refugee on site. CU ditto. MS woman refugee holding baby. MS refugees with children. CU ditto. MCU refugees holding young child. MS ditto.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Environment; Death; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- Sicily
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 93159
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 86
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How to cite this record
'Sicily’s Agony', British Movietone News Issue No. 2016, 22 Jan 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27217 (Accessed 19 Feb 2025)