Tragic Bush Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1173A
Date Released
29 Nov 1951
Date submitted
27 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
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tragic Bush Fires. DESCRIPTION: An Australian Bush fire is a terrifying, disastrous and tragic event, and for nearly two months many districts of New South Wales have been devastated by raging fires, following weeks of drought. Early estimates put the loss in livestock and timber alone at sixteen million pounds. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV - aerial smoke rising. Ground shots of blazing bush fires, men fighting the flames. Various shots of same. Aerials of the bush fires blazing, smoke rising. Passing along road with blazing bush each side of same.
Keywords
Environment; Accidents and disasters
Locations
New South Wales
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
56429
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
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