300 Die In Ludwigshafen Explosion 1948

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Full title reads: "HUNDREDS DIE IN GERMAN DISASTER".

Ludwigshafen-on-Rhine, Germany.

Various shots of the smoking ruins of the I. G. Farben factory at Ludwigshafen, Germany. Dense smoke drifting across ruins. High angle shot of flattened factory section with gutted ruins in background....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46766
Sort Number:
48/064
Time in/Out:
01:45:32:00 / 01:47:10:00
Canister:
48/64
Film ID:
1434.25
Issue Date:
09/08/1948

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