Film footage found for the Eastland disaster in Chicago

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This may be old news to some but I missed it when it was announced recently, a UIC post-grad student found some footage of the Eastland; there are 2 clips sandwiched in the middle of Dutch newsreels (shortly after the sinking and then salvaging the ship later) see the link below:

http://www.weather.comWatch the first known Eastland disaster film footage - Chicago Tribune

Here's more about the Eastland and the film discovery:
UIC grad student talks about finding Eastland disaster film footage - Chicago Tribune
 
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