'QUAKE! Its effect on Long Beach and Compton California

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'QUAKE! Its effect on Long Beach and Compton California is a short film from 1933 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Main title "Quake!" shakes in animation

'QUAKE! Its effect on Long Beach and Compton California
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1933
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EXCELLENT FOOTAGE OF QUAKE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION

  • Map of quake area with arrow pointing out its periphery
  • Various still photos
  • Man approaching seismographic station in cabinet, 2 oil derricks in background, pulling out circular graph paper, inspecting it
  • CU seismograph record
  • LS huge cloud of black smoke emanating from area of oilfields, derricks visible in bkgd
  • Pan over derricks
  • VS damaged and undamaged buildings
  • Tent to temporarily house church
  • Long Beach Fire station in tent
  • Wreckage of Carnegie Library
  • TITLE: Tho' quakes may quake, readers will read
  • HA shot of librarian serving public outside with table, book carts and books piled on chairs
  • MS kids going thru books on table and cart and looking at camera
  • Destroyed houses and apartments
  • Temporary housing in tents
  • Scenes of destruction in Compton
  • Damaged hotels and apartments
  • ruined market and City Hall
  • Damaged pavement
  • Realtor doing business outside in ruins of building, sitting under umbrella
  • Reconstruction buildings in wooden scaffolding
  • Workers cleaning off old bricks
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'QUAKE! Its effect on Long Beach and Compton California