Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

Halifax arsenal explosion 

Producing Agency:   Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation

Production Date:   1945

Format:   16 mm, b&w, silent

Series:   Fox Movietone News

Synopsis – various scenes from the aftermath of the magazine explosion at Bedford in 1945. Scenes of rubble, broken windows and empty streets. Men sift through the rubble and find shell casings and explosion victims receive meals. Film concludes with a view of Halifax Harbour from Citadel Hill with the Town Clock in the foreground.

Subjects:
Halifax Arsenal explosion
Bedford Magazine Explosion, 1945
Halifax Harbour - Description

Genre:
Newsreels

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