Etna In Eruption (1928)

No title, paperwork reads - Etna in eruption. Pictures that portray the agony of the fertile countryside and village homes destroyed before ever advancing gulf of molten lava. Sicily L/S of fire and smoke coming from a collapsed building. M/S of people walking and riding along the road with their possessions, the camera pans across the fallen lava. M/S as people run along with planks of wood. M/S of lava still falling, smoking rocks and a big boulder crash to the ground still on fire. M/S as people stand and watch, the rocks continue to fall. Various shots of buildings collapsing as the stones fall on them. L/S of smoke and of buildings collapsing. People stand around with what possessions they could salvage. M/S as they try to save the railway tracks. A man climbs on a train, M/S of the station collapsing behind them while they heave metal rails onto the train. M/S as camera pans across the smouldering lava. M/S of a priest stood holding a statue of a hand, he is surrounded by crowds, th
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