Oil Fire

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1380A

Date Released

17 Nov 1955

Date submitted

14 Nov 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Antarctic Expedition
2. 2Jewish Ex-Service Tribute
3. 3Sunderland V Dynamos
4. 4Personalities: Sir Winston Home
5. 5Personalities: Mr Attlee in Vienna
6. 6Personalities: Dr Adenauer Convalescent
7. 7Oil Fire
8. 8The Taverners’ Ball
9. *Great Britain V New Zealand
10. *Christmas is Coming

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sicilian Oil Blaze. DESCRIPTION: A blazing oil well in Sicily, defied all local fire fighting experts. An SOS to the Texan fire tamer, Myron Kinley who flew in from the United States. SHOTLIST: CU well ablaze. LS firemen at work with hoses. CU Myron Kinley surveys the scene. SCU Kinley with protective clothing and ‘armour’ goes into blaze. CU man directing hose. CU Kinley at work directing hoses. CU Kinley warns camera to keep away.

Keywords

Fires; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Sicily; Ragusa

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

65160

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

66

Story extras:

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