Out takes (rushes, cuts) for HURRICANE DISASTER HAVANA in G 1344. The original story is also on Pathe Master tape *PM0650*.
Includes intertitles from American version: "The Cuban capital's streets are strewn with wreckage of business buildings and homes" and: "The famous Maine Monument, familiar...
Out takes (rushes, cuts) for HURRICANE DISASTER HAVANA in G 1344. The original story is also on Pathe Master tape *PM0650*.
Includes intertitles from American version: "The Cuban capital's streets are strewn with wreckage of business buildings and homes" and: "The famous Maine Monument, familiar to visitors as one of Havana's chief sights now lies in ruins". L/S of smashed monument.
American intertitle: "Large portions of the city are cut off from water supply and the stricken population form impromptu bucket brigades". M/S of women carrying buckets of water down street strewn with debris. L/S of team of men using ropes to pull tree out of road. Various shots of men chopping up wood from fallen trees. Panning L/S of lots of men fixing broken roof of large building (warehouse?).
Otherwise, shots are same or similar to those in edited version of story - see separate record for details.
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