Quake Tragedy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2049
Date Released
9 Sep 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Quake Tragedy. DESCRIPTION: Estimates put the death toll from the Persian earthquakes at twenty thousand. The worst disaster of its kind for thirty years, these graphic pictures must encourage all of us in Britain to contribute to the disaster fund, to alleviate some of the suffering for the thousands of homeless and bereaved. SHOTLIST: GV & MS scenes of devastation of Iran Earthquake. MS men digging out corpse from debris. MS corpse being carried from debris and laid on stretchers. MS woman weeping. MS corpse laid on stretcher. GV scene of devastation. MS men digging. MCU ditto. MS old man weeping. MS women weeping. MS young man weeping.
Keywords
Environment; Death; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Persia
Footage sources
UPITN
Card file number
93908
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Quake Tragedy', British Movietone News Issue No. 2049, 9 Sep 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27533 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)