Tragedy in Peru

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1702A

Date Released

18 Jan 1962

Date submitted

16 Jan 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Murrayfield - France on Top
2. 2Tragedy in Peru
3. 3New Brighton - Storm Sequel
4. 4Smallpox Menace
5. 5Hat-Trick for Moss
6. 6Now They’ve Got It!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tragedy in Peru. DESCRIPTION: It happened in Northern Peru, beside the country’s highest mountain, Mount Huascaran: an avalanche of snow, ice and rock swept down on a village, which was totally destroyed. The death roll has been put at 3,000, but it’s still too soon to tell. Near-by communities in other villages have been evacuated. Their homes too, were threatened by the melting snows on the mountain. The disaster is a repetition of the 1941 tragedy, in which 5,000 lost their lives. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU pan (2 shots) rock. MS & CU (2 shots) villages. GV valley. MCU villager. CU pan rock. CU (4 shots) inhabitants from other villages. MS pan villagers evacuated from their homes. CU (4 shots) same. GV pan valley where the village used to be.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

South America; Peru

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

83753

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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