Fire and Flood

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1320A

Date Released

23 Sep 1954

Date submitted

20 Sep 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fire and Flood
2. 2Fire and Flood
3. 3Malaya - Guarding the Harvest
4. 4Rangers Assault Course
5. 5Top Dogs
6. 6Roman Temple Unearthed
7. 7Mr Attlee Down Under
8. 8The Men of Arnhem

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Outbreak. DESCRIPTION: When fire broke out in a seed-grain warehouse at Daumesnil in Paris, firemen were called from all over the city. Four hundred firemen were engaged in fighting the blaze. SHOTLIST: Scenes of firemen fighting the fire. Shots of hoses and jets of water. Firemen. CU of firemen holding the nozzles. Scenes of burning and charred remains.

Keywords

Emergency services; Accidents and disasters

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

61878

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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