Aftermath of disaster at Halifax after ammunition ship explodes.
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Short Summary
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Description
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- Film ID:
- 1880.22
- Media URN:
- 72257
- Group:
- Old negatives
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:35:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:17:43:00 / 01:19:18:00
- Canister:
- ON 077 A
Unknown user says
Reducing this clip's current date range, this footage shows the devastation caused by the explosion of the "SS Mont Blanc" ammunition ship on 6 December 1917.
The current shots list gives no indication of the sheer scale of this disaster. Somewhere approaching 2000 people were killed, and another 9000 injured. Astonishingly, every building within a 16-mile radius was either destroyed or badly damaged.
It was, at the time, the largest man-made explosion in history. More information about the incident can be found here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion