Doom Town Aka Down Town (1955)

Cumberland. GV. Doom town - rubble, bombed buildings, etc. SV. Building on fire. Men running to it with hand fire fighting equipment. GV. Soldiers lining up for a run-over with Geiger counter. CU. Soldier being measured with Geiger counter. SCU. Towards, men climbing over rubble. SCU. Two men fighting fire with stirrup pump. CU. Through smoke, another man fighting fire with pump. GV. Victim being brought down from bombed building, & SCU. & CU. GV. Victim being lowered from very high building - ladder used as a crane. SCU. CU. Victim being carried out of building on stretcher. SV. Another victim reaches ground from ’ladder-crane’. GV, interior, first aid post. GV. Medical attention being given to victim. CU. Victim being given a hot drink. SCU. Soldiers shoring up building. GV. & CU. Soldier with acetylene torch cutting through girder. SV. Soldiers shoring up sagging wall. SCU. Group using ’jacks’ to lift fallen girder. GV. Rubble and derelict buildings. Stretcher parties working in foreground. (
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