Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mitcham Fire Darkens London

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

939A

Date Released

5 Jun 1947

Date submitted

2 Jun 1947

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mitcham Rubber Dump Goes Up in Smoke. DESCRIPTION: When tons of dumped rubber caught fire black smoke hung over London. SHOTLIST: KS Various ground shots, all angles of dense clouds of smoke rising from burning rubber tyre dump. LS of burning fire. Fire engine along road towards fire, bells clanging etc. Various shots, firemen fighting the fire, MS of fire engine pumps working. Firemen holding hose-pipe, directing water onto fire. Several shots of rising smoke, comparable with clouds caused by atom bomb. Aerial shots of raging fire, dense and huge clouds smoke rising, darkening the skies.

Keywords

Fires

Locations

Surrey

Card file number

48642

Credits:

Camera: David Prosser
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

111

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