Fire!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1439A

Date Released

3 Jan 1957

Date Other

Dec 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Tests - One Up
2. 2And Now the Sales
3. 3The Boat Show
4. 4999
5. 5Fire!
6. 6Seeing in the New Year
7. *Hogmanay

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire!. DESCRIPTION: In California a serious bush-fire through the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains, near Los Angeles, defied thousands of fire-fighters, destroying scores of houses and laying waste some 70 square miles. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the fire. People fighting the fire. People clearing homes. Sheep running. Panning shot of burnt out homes. Man and girl walk along the road. Fire raging.

Keywords

Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; California

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

69307

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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