News in Brief: Poland, Life On A Powder-keg.
News in Brief: Poland, Life On A Powder-keg.
Clip: 356514_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1664
Original Film: 032-086-02
HD: N/A
Location: Poland
Timecode: 00:33:29 - 00:34:45
News in Brief: Poland, Life On A Powder-keg. Lublin, Poland, discovers that for 15 years it's been living atop an enormous Nazi landmine - 26 truck-loads of high explosives planted in World War Two but never set off. Bomb crews work round the clock for 3 weeks, under terrific tension, to end the threat of fiery doom. WWII aftermath, post-war danger. Tense-looking men work to find the bombs (using something that looks like a metal detector), carry the unexploded shells away in a gingerly fashion. Pan, row after row of shells, soldier walks by. Wow - dangerous work.