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Bucharest, Rumania (Earthquake; Brooklyn Crash Landing; Catholic Icon), Dec40

Reel Number: 221624-38

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1940

Country: Romania,USA

Location: Brooklyn,Bucharest,Chicago

TC Begins: 11:00:49

TC Ends: 11:02:47

Duration: 00:01:58

Bucharest, Rumania. Aftermath of severe earthquake; part of collapsed house; inspection by King Karol & others. Men digging in wreckage; people wearing masks; carrying bodies. Burning. 11:01:31 Title: Brooklyn, N.Y. Planes low over Jamaica Bay water; U.S. Navy fire unit, men put on protective clothing. Men get into rowboat w/ blankets. Diver. Biplane landing on water & nosing down, boats towards it. Aerial of plane towed to end of ramp into water. CU Robert Winston, test pilot & co-pilot shake hands after plane’s wheels wouldn’t go down. 11:02:19 Title: Chicago, Ill. Woman carries crown on pillow into Our Lady of Sorrows Church, followed by police guard. CU of crown w/ jewels; placed on statue of Virgin Mary. Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2 Human Interest Stories; Dec40; Religious Icons; Ceremony; Crash Landing; Accident; Catholic Church;

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