Help Reaches Alps Victims (1951)

Swiss Alps, Switzerland. GV. Snow covered mountain, pan down to village at the area of a giant avalanche disaster. LV. Pan, damaged Swiss chalets. SV. Damaged mountain chalet. SV. Men clearing snow. SCU. Damaged bicycle. MV. People digging around damaged chalet. LV. People digging out snow, pan down hole to man digging out lorry. SV. Woman and two children looking on. SV. Damaged stove. SCU. Man and priest talking, pan down to hole where woman was buried alive for more than 16 hours. SV. Rescued woman lying in bed. GV. Snowed St Moritz. LV. Blocked railway line. SV. Lined hanging from damaged telegraph pole. LV. Chalet buried up to roof at Andermatt. LV. Roof of chalet sticking out of snow. CU. Damaged roof of chalet. LV. Men poking snow with rods to locate survivors. SV. Rods being pushed into snow. Men take step forward. CU. Man working rod. CU. Rod being pushed into ground in snow. SV. Body stretcher being carried away. LV. People clearing snow from roof of chalet. SV. Pan, body being dragged away on s
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