Pozzouli - A Dying Town

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2129

Date Released

23 Mar 1970

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pozzouli - a Dying Town. DESCRIPTION: A mass evacuation of Pozzouli - the southern Italian town which is rising by one centimetre a day. Throughout it’s history, the town has been threatened by volcanic eruptions or earth tremors. Residents flee with their belongings as their homes start to crumble. SHOTLIST: 6 shots GV boiling shrimps. GV 4 shots Roman ruins. GV street in Pozzuoli. GV bay. SV pan down building. GV shots crowd outside town hall. SV 2 shots people load belongings onto cart. GV pan down old building to rubble in street. MCU cracks in walls & broken drainage. GV street through archway. 2 MCU woman complains to policeman, pan down crack in wall. SV man carrying furniture. GV people leaving with belongings. GV boiling mud.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Police; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Italy

Footage sources

France

Card file number

95752

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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