Fatal Building Collapse

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1581

Date Released

21 Sep 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fatal Building Collapse. DESCRIPTION: In Barletta, South East Italy, a building crashed to the ground. It was day time, and most of the men were out at work. So most of the victims were women and children. At this moment, fifty bodies have already been found. The flats were only built a few months ago. The engineer who designed them is in the hands of the Police. SHOTLIST: MS men digging. LS building site. LS workmen. MS same. MS workmen (2). CU same (2). MS same. LS lorry. CU men digging. CU same. GV wreckage. LS crane.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Crime; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Locations

Italy

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

78164

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: AP Archive
Email: info@aparchive.com
Web: http://www.movietone.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held: View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 45 times.