1500 Killed, 2000 Injured (1923)

Item title reads - 1500 killed and 2000 injured in terrible earthquake followed by tidal wave at Vallenar. First and exclusive pictures by Pathe Staff Cameraman - Chili. (Chile) Camera pans across rubble and wrecked houses, M/S of people clearing away the debris. M/S of a wrecked street with collapsed buildings, aerial view of demolished houses. Men carry someone on a stretcher through the rubble. Various shots of the makeshift hospital with canvas awnings covering the beds. Intertitle - ’Donkey caravans transported food supplies to starving and homeless inhabitants.’ Donkeys make their way through the streets loaded with stuff. Various shots as people queue up at a shutter for food, they are handed supplies and move on. C/U as a woman is handed two small bags. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT