Operation “Taal”, 1967 (The Philippines)

Film about the Philippine Red Cross response to a volcanic eruption of the Taal Volcano, especially focussing on efforts to rehabilitate evacuees. 00:00 Introduction showing meeting at Philippine Red Cross National Headquarters to plan emergency response in event of volcanic reaction; footage of the volcano; opening credits. 02:02 Relief response of the Red Cross after receiving news of volcanic activity on 28 September 1967; donations received from the rest of the population, the President’s Office, businesses, and other Red Cross societies. 04:03 Evacuation centres set up to help evacuees; mobile aid clinics; distribution of aid packages. 05:59 Surveying the extent of damage on-site; description of the volcano; attempts to uncover buried volcanologist’s building from ash. 09:03 Relocation centres for over 1000 evacuees being managed by Red Cross; studying how best to get displaced families back on their feet; medical care for evacuees. 12:54 Planning meeting to discuss how to enable quicker rehabilitation of displaced families based on lessons learned from Operation "Taal"; expression of thanks for donations. Year: 1967 Producer: Philippine Red Cross Copyright: Philippine Red Cross Country: The Philippines Duration: 14:16 minutes Language: English (voiceover) Original format: 16mm black and white acetate film with optical sound. Some background noise on original; removed left channel and applied noise reduction before upload. Also brightened film and increased contrast slightly. File name: IFRC_c00140.mp4 League Film Library Catalogue No. 526, ID No. 1702 Component No. 43, c00140 This film has been published with the kind permission of the Philipppine Red Cross Society. Every effort has been made to locate the copyright holder(s) and obtain permission to reproduce this film. Please get in touch with the IFRC for any information relating to this film or its rights holder(s). For all queries about copyright and the re-use of this film, or for queries about the other films in our collection, please contact Archives.Contact[at]ifrc.org. For further information about the IFRC Archives, please visit: https://ifrc.soutron.net/public/catal...