Reel Number: 221357-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1947
Country: USA
Location: California,Los Angeles
TC Begins: 22:02:52
TC Ends: 22:04:05
Duration: 00:01:13
Similar Sub-themes
Sign in with Google
15 Killed In Plant Blast Ed Herlihy narrates w/ dramatic music. Complete devastion over two city blocks by explosion caused by perchloric acid used in a metal plating plant; only twisted steel & bricks left. Men walking thru; smoking ruins w/ firemen working. Many buried cars seen. 22:03:27 Men working on electrical pole w/ wires dangling. Surrounding buildings w/ glass blown out. Bodies wrapped in sheets & carried to ambulances as people watch. Industrial Safety; Post-WWII Working Conditions; Disaster; Destruction; Post-WW2;