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Earthquake: Scores Dead In Greek Disaster

Earthquake: Scores Dead In Greek Disaster
Clip: 354195_1_1
Year Shot: 1956 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1620
Original Film: 029-056-01
HD: N/A
Location: Aegean Islands, Greece
Timecode: 00:06:57 - 00:07:47

In minutes of pre-dawn terror, an earthquake with the force of 10 a-bombs and 13-foot tidal waves smash the Aegean Islands of Greece, leveling thousands of homes, injuring hundreds, and killing scores. One of the area's worst natural disaster in recent history. (A few waves are shown) Establishing shot - The bow of a ship (boat) being pelted by 13 foot waves. MS - Waves breaking over a sea wall, two men running. MS - Rubble in the streets of the Greek Island and people running franticly. CUS - Aftermath of a 13 ft. tidal wave. CU - Injured woman being carried away on a stretcher. CUS - Injured people laying on make-shift beds while nurses attend to their wounds. CUS - Woman crying. MS - Aftermath of the earthquake, looks like a pile of rock and smashed cars. MS - A rear shot of a group of men walking towards the rubble. POV - From a boat the Greek island shrouded in a dust cloud.