Skopje - Stricken City

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1782A

Date Released

1 Aug 1963

Date Other

Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skopje - Stricken City. DESCRIPTION: Movietone’s pictures show highlights of the earthquake which struck Skopje, Macedonia, taking so many lives and causing so much damage. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ruined buildings. CU sign Skopje. GV building - one side collapsed. CU interior - same. GV pan down building. CU clock stopped at 5.20 am. GV building. GV another. GV pan devastation. MS army rescuers. Woman pulled out from under rubble, old woman helped along by 2 men. MCU people carrying their belongings. MS pan - man with cart. President Tito walks through devastation. Workman with pick axe. MS pan clearing rubble. GV same. MS President Tito looking. GV clearing rubble. TS rescuers in hole. GV woman pulled from hole. MS same carried away. CU man on stretcher. MCU doctor attends to another. MS man on stretcher lifted into plane. CU same. GV army clearing rubble (pan). MCU woman pulled from rubble. GV stretcher carried to waiting lorry. MS pan - clearing rubble. GV pan - collapsed building.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Yugoslavia; Skopje; Macedonia

Footage sources

France
Germany

Card file number

87003

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

201

Story extras:

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