News in Brief: Earthquake in Greece

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1449A

Date Released

14 Mar 1957

Date submitted

12 Mar 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cross Country Championships
2. 2Ghana Parliament
3. 3Singapore Remembers
4. 4News in Brief: Ship Collision
5. 5News in Brief: The Last of the Reichstag
6. 6News in Brief: Earthquake in Greece
7. 7All Mod Con for Motorists
8. 8Gaza Strip Crisis
9. 9The Grand National is Coming
10. *Wales V Ireland
11. *To Fight Tb

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Earthquake in Greece. DESCRIPTION: Devastation and misery followed the earthquake in Eastern Greece. Towns and villages in Thessaly crumbled into ruins. There were many injuries - some fatal. And tens of thousands made homeless. SHOTLIST: General and CUs of destroyed villages. People and priests praying at the Central Square of the village of Velestinon. Shots of destroyed homes and villages. General views of towns and villages.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

Greece; Thessaly

Footage sources

France

Card file number

70067

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

45

Story extras:

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