- Title: P-213-31
- Summary: TEXAS SCHOOL DISASTER: TEXAS SCHOOL DISASTER. RECORD OF A TRAGIC NIGHTMARE AS MEN SEARCH THE RUINS FOR THE YOUNG VICTIMS OF ONE OF TEXAS' GREATEST DISASTERS.
- Description:01:32:36 - NEW LONDON, TEXAS. MARCH 18, 1937. EXT. SCHOOL HOUSE. TORN TO PIECES BY AN EXPLOSION. DESTROYED BUILDING 01:32:48 - INTERIOR OF SCHOOL. MONTAGE OF DEVASTATION. INSIDE WRECKED CLASSROOM. 01:33:03 - STUDENT SURVIVOR'S EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT. TEEN TELLS WHAT HAPPENED. 01:33:34 - 09 CLEAN UP OF RUBBLE. WHOLE TOWN PITCHES IN. MAN SHOVELS DEBRIS. MEN ON HUGE PILE OF DEBRIS TRY TO FIND LOST CHILDREN. PEOPLE DIGGING. 01:34:35 - MAN PICKS UP SCHOOL BOOK. 01:34:39 - MONTAGE DEBRIS, RUBBLE. DESTROYED BUILDING 01:34:43 - MAN INSPECTS CAR DAMAGED BY UNDETECTED GAS LEAK. HUGE 1 TON SLAB OF CONCRETE WENT RIGHT THROUGH CAR. SHOWS IMPACT OF EXPLOSION. WRECKED CAR. 01:35:00 - NURSES WALK UP STAIRWAY OF LOCAL HOSPITAL. NURSES GO INTO OVERTON HOSPITAL. 01:35:02 - INTERIOR OF HOSPITAL. CHILDREN BEING CARED FOR. LITTLE GIRL IN BED WITH THERMOMETER. NURSE TAKING TEMPERATURE. MONTAGE OF INJURED, BOY IN BED WITH HIS FACE ALL IN BANDAGES. 01:35:16 - MEN CARRY PINE BOX. MEN CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR CHILDREN. WOODEN BOXES USED AS COFFINS PILED UP. 01:35:35 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: P-213-31