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Fire Terror

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1370
Date Released
5 Sep 1955
Date submitted
1 Sep 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr White Pants
  2. 2Fireflys in Torbay
  3. 3Miss Great Britain
  4. 4Husbands - Beware
  5. 5A Wedding Picture
  6. 6Autumn Fashions
  7. 7Autumn Fashions
  8. 8The Happy Family
  9. 9Atlantic Rescue
  10. 10Fire Terror
  11. *Civic Reception for Bill Pickering

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: This was the frightening scene at Whiting, Indiana after a series of explosions had started an appalling blaze at the oil refinery. SHOTLIST: Aerial of fire. GV of crowds watching fire. GV oil wagons, fire in background. CU of smoke. CUs of the smoke and flames. GV of flames, oil tanks in foreground. Aerial view of the fire.
Keywords
Fires; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America; Indiana; Whiting
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
64422
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:

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