Vesuvius in Eruption

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

8

Date Released

29 Jul 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1President of China
2. 2Rush to Seashore
3. 3Kissing the Blarney Stone
4. 4Bisley - King’s Prize
5. 5Vesuvius in Eruption
6. 6Queen Mary at East Ham

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vesuvius in Eruption. DESCRIPTION: First pictures in sound of boiling lava within a crater of a Volcano. SHOTLIST: Close shots of the top of the volcano with the steam erupting from same. Lava crushes everything. The village of Terzigno is destroyed. Panning shot of the village and people rushing about before wall collapses in front of the lava. Various other buildings collapse before same.

Keywords

Landforms; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

397

Length of story (in feet)

159

Story extras:

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