Aftermath of explosion of London School in New London, TX, that killed numerous students

Title card: "Paramount News Special!" / title card: "US mourns with Texas in school blast!" / title card: "To the public: Paramount News realizes that the picture you are about to see is not entertainment, It is not presented as such" / title card: "No other country has safer schools, This fact has given intense interest to the Texas disaster, and on this ground, Paramount News presents the picture" / title "New London" superimposed over aerial shot of oil derricks near school / aerial shot of wreckage of school and people gathered around it / shot of exterior of school before explosion / pan across wreckage of school, people walking around wreckage and trucks parked next to wreckage / shot of wrecked school building / VS men working at night to clear wreckage and find bodies / column of soldiers walking near wreckage / men standing around bulldozer / close shot of wrecked car near building / three shots of wrecked classrooms / shot of blackboard with writing on it / hands picking up papers lying on desk / man examining open lockers leaning forward / two shots of crowd gathered outside temporary morgue / men carrying body on gurney covered with sheet and placing it into hearse / overhead shot of men carrying coffin / closer shot of men placing coffin on back of truck / crowd gathered outside morgue
Title card: "Paramount News Special!" / title card: "US mourns with Texas in school blast!" / title card: "To the public: Paramount News realizes that the picture you are about to see is not entertainment, It is not presented as such" / title card: "No other country has safer schools, This fact has given intense interest to the Texas disaster, and on this ground, Paramount News presents the picture" / title "New London" superimposed over aerial shot of oil derricks near school / aerial shot of wreckage of school and people gathered around it / shot of exterior of school before explosion / pan across wreckage of school, people walking around wreckage and trucks parked next to wreckage / shot of wrecked school building / VS men working at night to clear wreckage and find bodies / column of soldiers walking near wreckage / men standing around bulldozer / close shot of wrecked car near building / three shots of wrecked classrooms / shot of blackboard with writing on it / hands picking up papers lying on desk / man examining open lockers leaning forward / two shots of crowd gathered outside temporary morgue / men carrying body on gurney covered with sheet and placing it into hearse / overhead shot of men carrying coffin / closer shot of men placing coffin on back of truck / crowd gathered outside morgue
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Editorial #:
1080918644
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
18 March, 1937
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:02:29:00
Location:
New London, Texas, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003384_02_01.mov