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File:1937-03-20 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School.ogv

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1937-03-20_Children_Die_As_Gas_Explosion_Shatters_School.ogv ‎(Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 3 min 1 s, 400 × 300 pixels, 556 kbps overall, file size: 11.97 MB)

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English: Special Release - 425 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School, 1937/03/20 (1937)

"New London, Texas tragedy - 425 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School in center of rich East Texas oil field, caused by gas pockets in school basement."

This movie is part of the collection: Universal Newsreels

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Date Taken on 20 March 1937
Source https://archive.org/details/1937-03-20_Special_Release_Gas_Explosion_Shatters_School
Author Production Company: Universal Studios
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Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its copyright holder, Universal City Studios. This applies worldwide.
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Universal City Studios donated their newsreel collection into the public domain, and gave film materials to the National Archives in 1976. The materials reside at College Park, Maryland. [1]

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current22:34, 8 June 20093 min 1 s, 400 × 300 (11.97 MB)Scewing (talk | contribs)Special Release - 425 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School, 1937/03/20 (1937) http://www.archive.org/details/1937-03-20_Special_Release_Gas_Explosion_Shatters_School "New London, Texas tragedy - 425 Children Die As Gas Explosion Shatters School

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