TURKEY: AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE KILLED AS MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HITS TOWNS AND CITIES IN SEA OF MARMARA REGION

Record ID: 985236

  • Title: TURKEY: AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE KILLED AS MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HITS TOWNS AND CITIES IN SEA OF MARMARA REGION
  • Date: 17th August 1999
  • Summary: IZMIT, TURKEY (AUGUST 17, 1999) (NTV - NO ACCESS TURKEY) (LOW AUDIO) 1. WS VEHICLES DRIVING ALONG STREET 0.07 2. SV WOMAN'S BODY BEING CARRIED FROM CAR AND PLACED ON STRETCHER 0.27 3. LV VEHICLES OUTSIDE HOSPITAL 0.32 4. SV EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRYING STRETCHER INTO HOSPITAL 0.47 5. SV MEDICAL WORKERS TALKING AND GESTICULATING 0.54 6. SV INJURED CHILD LYING ON BED OUTSIDE HOSPITAL 0.59 7. VARIOUS OF INJURED PEOPLE LYING ON MAKESHIFT BEDS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL (3 SHOTS) 1.15 8. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) WOMAN CRADLING LIFELESS CHILD SAYING "I fell onto you (addressing to her husband) and I fell over him (showing her baby). You pulled me out (talking to her husband) and then I tried and tried to pull him." 1.26 9. CU DEAD BOY LYING IN MOTHERS ARMS 1.30 10. SV INJURED PEOPLE GRIEVING 1.37 11. LV EMERGENCY VEHICLE NEAR COLLAPSED BUILDING 1.42 12. LV HUGE PILE OF RUBBLE 1.48 13. SV EMERGENCY WORKERS AND RESCUERS SEARCHING RUBBLE (2 SHOTS) 1.58 14. MV BLOODIED CASUALTY WRAPPED IN BLANKETS LYING ON BACK OF TRUCK 2.04 DUZJA, TURKEY (AUGUST 17, 1999) (NTV - NO ACCESS TURKEY)(MUTE) 15. LV/PULL BACK DAMAGED BUILDINGS LEANING OVER (2 SHOTS) 2.26 16. SV BODY BEING TAKEN FROM RUBBLE 2.32 17. LV BUILDING REDUCED TO RUBBLE 2.42 ANKARA, TURKEY (AUGUST 17, 1999) (REUTERS) (LOW AUDIO) 18. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ECEVIT WALKING FROM BUILDING BRIEFING PRESS ON EARTHQUAKE AND EMERGENCY MEASURES "It is clear that a strong earthquake has affected parts of Turkey. Since telephone communications are either very seldom or not established at all in most of the regions, we haven't received healthy information yet. However, it has been reported that the effect of the earthquake was concentrated in Kocaeli, Sakarya as well as Istanbul." 3.18 19. SV CAMERA CREWS 3.23 20. SV (SOUNDBITE) (TURKISH) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER BULENT ECEVIT, "Aftershocks are expected to continue for some time. Everyone should take precautions but are advised to do this without panicking. This is all I can say for now. I will inform you again once more information has been collected." 3.41 21. MV ECEVIT WALKING BACK INSIDE 3.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: IZMIT, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVABNLGJOXNYZIPK2EMCYD0YROG
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