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Chestertown Explosion, 1954

 File — Reel: WMAR-MISC-127
Identifier: WMAR-MISC-127

Shot List

[Part 1] 1. Title cards 0:02 2. Sky shots of explosion aftermath 0:11 3. People inspecting destroyed buildings 1:33 4. Digging through the rubble 2:08 5. Destroyed equipment and buildings 3:13 6. Sky shots of explosion site and surrounding land 4:08 7. Firefighting efforts 4:54 8. Getting out survivors 5:50 9. Interview with firefighter 6:43 10. Chestertown firehouse and suburban neighborhoods 7:55 11. Emergency care for the wounded 9:18 12. Interview with hospital superintendent 9:54 13. Interview with worker 10:27 14. Interview with injured worker 11:10 15. Credits 13:16 [Part 2] 1. Sky shots of explosion site 0:00 2. Explosion site on fire 0:42 3. Firefighters on the scene 1:01 4. Carrying out injured 1:53 5. Chestertown firehouse and suburban neighborhoods 3:10 6. Emergency care for the wounded 4:27 7. Firefighters at shipyard 5:03 8. Firefighters performing controlled burn 6:04 9. Firefighter training 7:11 10. Title cards 8:31 11. Sky shots of explosion aftermath 8:46 12. People inspecting destroyed buildings 9:59 13. Digging through the rubble 10:33 14. Destroyed equipment and buildings 11:26 15. Interview with firefighter 12:35 16. Interview with hospital superintendent 13:46 17. Interview with worker 14:18 18. Interview with injured worker 15:01 19. Credits 17:07

Dates

  • Creation: 1954

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Material from the collection may be viewed in the Special Collections and Archives Research Room. Some items may have access limitations due to physical format. Some footage from the the collection has been digitized and made available online for streaming through the Internet Archive and is available through this finding aid.

Extent

1 Reels ; Film: 16mm

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Also have DVD (WMAR-MISC-139-032)

Repository Details

Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository

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