The Earthquake (1963)

Item title reads - The Earthquake. Skopje, former Yugoslavia. M/S of wrecked Yugoslavian railway station, rescuers in the foreground. M/S smashed car balanced on rubble, pan to the wrecked ’Macedonia’ hotel. M/S smashed cars. L/S rescuers searching on wall of hotel. C/U rubble. Camera pans up to many rescuers searching amongst the devastation. M/S rescuers helping out injured person from debris, a washing machine on left of picture can be seen upside down. C/U one of the rescued men. M/S of another person being rescued from the debris. M/S’s of a family sitting huddled up together, covered with protective blankets, after being rescued from their home. C/U mother and boy looking very sad. M/S wrecked home. Various shots searchers amongst the rubble. M/S woman sitting amongst the rubble, crying, after being rescued. M/S as another woman is pulled out alive. Various shots of wrecked homes and huge piles of debris. M/S of a stairway hanging from a ruined house, pan to bicycle in the ruins. Various
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