Avalanche Disaster 1954

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SWISS AVALANCHE DISASTER - 100 DEAD.

Switzerland & Austria.

GV. Pan mountainside to snow covered village. SV. Pan rescuers at work outside houses. SCU. Wrecked house. SV. Wrecked stove in house. GV. SV. Pan rescuers at work digging to reach buried houses. SV. Men working roof of house....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29120
Sort Number:
54/006
Time in/Out:
01:33:05:00 / 01:34:25:00
Canister:
54/6
Film ID:
136.19
Issue Date:
18/01/1954

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