French Forest Fires Kill 71

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
49/68
Date Released
25 Aug 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Football Season Opens in Cricket Weather
  2. 2Boy Ambassadors Tour Canada
  3. 3News from the Air: Sir Stafford Cripps Arrives Home
  4. 4News from the Air: Twenty-four Killed in Dakota Air Crash
  5. 5Army Men Freeze in ‘Frig
  6. 6French Forest Fires Kill 71

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
In the Gironde, near Bordeaux, death roll mounts in ten million pound forest blaze.
Keywords
Fires; Forestry; Accidents and disasters
Locations
France; Bordeaux
Length of story (in feet)
147
Story extras:
Film clip
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