Disastrous Chicago Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1173A
Date Released
29 Nov 1951
Date submitted
26 Nov 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Rome Meeting of NATO
  2. 2Oxford Test the Leviathan
  3. 3Christmas Party Fashions
  4. 4Adelaide Christmas Parade and Toys
  5. 5Rome Fire Fighters
  6. 6Disastrous Chicago Fire
  7. 7Tragic Bush Fire
  8. *Springboks Overwhelm Scots

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chicago Fire. DESCRIPTION: A fire, raging in a bedding company’s store, kept nearly a quarter of all Chicago’s firemen out of their beds right through the night. A million dollars’ worth of mattresses and bedding went up in flames and smoke. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV fire blazing. Various angle shots of warehouse of bedding company going up in flames. Firemen fighting same. Buildings collapse. Various shots of the fire.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Business and commerce; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
56418
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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