1500 killed, 2000 injured in terrible earthquake (Vallenar, Chile, 1923)
British Pathé
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Item title reads - 1500 killed and 2000 injured in terrible earthquake followed by tidal wave at Vallenar. First and exclusive pictures by Pathe Staff Cameraman - Chili. (Chile)
Camera pans across rubble and wrecked houses, M/S of people clearing away the debris. M/S of a wrecked street with collapsed buildings, aerial view of demolished houses. Men carry someone on a stretcher through the rubble. Various shots of the makeshift hospital with canvas awnings covering the beds.
Intertitle - 'Donkey caravans transported food supplies to starving and homeless inhabitants.'
Donkeys make their way through the streets loaded with stuff. Various shots as people queue up at a shutter for food, they are handed supplies and move on. C/U as a woman is handed two small bags.
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