Date 23rd December 1938 Left Moorings or Slipway 1-45 pm Returned 4 pm
Motor Working 2 Hours Wind South State of Sea Rough
Boat left moorings as their was a very heavy swell across the bay and the sea was breaking across the harbour entrance. Escorted fleet to harbour, returned to moorings everything quite satisfactory.
William J Mowatt
Motor Mechanic
Margaret Hamilton experienced some very severe injuries during the Munchkinland scene when it was time for The Wicked Witch of the West to disappear. Basically what happened was during the fourth shoot of this scene, the smoke and flames came too quickly causing her hat and broomstraw to catch fire. As a result, Margaret Hamilton suffered several burns about the face and a very bad burn to her hand. This was made even worse by the fact that she was wearing green makeup which contained copper oxide. On December 23, 1938, Margaret Hamilton left the studio and didn't return for six weeks