TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AT NAPIER-HASTINGS AND SURROUNDINGS

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Year
1931
Reference
F1550
Media type
Moving image

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Year
1931
Reference
F1550
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:11:46
Production company
Theatre Service News
Credits
Some Footage: Edwin Coubray

General disaster scenes of collapsed buildings, rubble and fire damage. The Bluff landslide buried cars and people. The navy search to recover dead bodies and transport them to the morgue. They also cleared debris and maintained martial law. Shows relief camps with hundreds of tents, people sorting clothing and receiving hot meals.