Halifax Explosion: The Aftermath and Relief Efforts (1917)

Actual footage following the 1917 Explosion in Halifax, showing devastation and the relief effort, beginning with activities the day after the Explosion and following the reconstruction in the north end of Halifax, including the Hydrostone housing project.

Filmmaker: W.G. MacLaughlan

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Film & Animation

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• halifax explosion
• halifax
• hrm
• nova scotia
• canada
• disaster
• footage
• 1917
• red cross
• old
• film
• retro
• vintage
• 16mm
• black & white
• silent
• hydrostone
• harbour
• wwi
• world war 1

[sackville10]

i cant help to tear up when watching this and thinking of all my relations that died and lived throught this .

[bearchild69]

I never even heard of this until I moved to Nova Scotia in 1997.

[smabriel]

Very neat footage, especially the 'new development' - the Hydrostone!

[immabored1]

kool

[DevSodDribble]

I have a handwritten letter from my great uncle who was in the US Navy during WWI-he describes being in Halifax shortly after the explosion and the devastation he witnessed, including cries of children with mangled eyeballs and doctors who ran out of anesthetic-I had never heard of this story before I found this letter. Also, Halifax sends a tree to Boston every year, because Boston was the first city to send aid. I wonder if Halifax sent aid in 1919, after the Great Molasses Flood? Hmmm.

[Duessa2000]

It is amazing to see the rebuilding at the end. I know the hydrostones very well and seeing that looking like a new suburb is weird. Esspecially how few trees there are, that area is so nice and dense with beautiful old trees

[redmattersite]

Wow. This is incredible.