El Salvador - Earthquake 1937

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Full title reads: "EL SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE - Heavy death roll."

El Salvador.

People standing with debris around them, tents in background. Pan along the earthquake area in El Salvador. Wrecked houses and debris everywhere. Only the church clock tower survived. Pan along the church tower...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13344
Sort Number:
37/003
Time in/Out:
01:43:29:00 / 01:44:20:00
Canister:
37/3
Film ID:
907.07
Issue Date:
11/01/1937

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