Consequences of the earthquake in Ashgabat (1948-1950)

Footage №194764,

Reel №1

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Doctors are bandaging the wounded.

Keywords

medicine, catastrophe, help

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

Reel №2

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A clock with its hands pointing to 1:12 PM lies among the ruins.

Destruction in Ashgabat.

Keywords

catastrophe

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

Reel №3

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Panorama of destroyed houses.

Keywords

catastrophe

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

Reel №4

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Ashgabat, taken from a flying airplane.

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

Reel №5

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A plane lands on the airfield.

A train with a banner reading "Brotherly Aid to Ashgabat" passes by.

People walk among furniture and belongings on the street.

Keywords

humanitarian aid, catastrophe

Reel №6

Medics disembark from a plane.

Volunteers carry boxes of medicine to a medical tent.

A family clears the rubble of their destroyed home.

Soldiers carry a wounded man on a stretcher.

Bread is distributed to people.

Relief supplies are unloaded from the plane.

Keywords

medicine, catastrophe, humanitarian aid

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

Reel №7

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Soldiers unload sheets of plywood from a train car.

Clothing is being distributed in the tent city.

Keywords

humanitarian aid, catastrophe

Shooting locations:

Turkmen SSR, Turkmenistan

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