News in Brief: Philadelphia Explosion

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1400A

Date Released

5 Apr 1956

Date submitted

26 Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Maundy
2. 2Easter Parade
3. 3Easter Parade
4. 3Easter Parade
5. 4News in Brief: Sir Winston - Honorary Citizen
6. 5News in Brief: Landslide in Brazil
7. 6News in Brief: Philadelphia Explosion
8. 7News in Brief: The Last B52
9. 8Polar News
10. 9Polar News
11. *The Mayor of Doncaster

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Explosion. DESCRIPTION: Another shambles, this time a smoking chaos in Philadelphia, after an explosion in a grain warehouse. The building was completely demolished and windows were shattered for miles around. SHOTLIST: Wreckage after grain storage warehouse explosion. Wreckage etc.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Explosions; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Philadelphia

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

66470

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

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