Fire

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1460

Date Released

27 May 1957

Date submitted

22 May 1957

Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire in Oxford Street. DESCRIPTION: A fire in London’s famous shopping centre - Oxford Street. Flames raged through a gown shop and workrooms four storeys high. Four women jumped from a window 30 feet high and were taken to hospital suffering from burns and shock. The shop and workrooms were gutted. SHOTLIST: Panning shots of various fire engines etc. travelling along Oxford Street. Firemen at the scene with ladders up. Flames coming out of a building. Shot of 3 fireman fighting the fire. Smoke pouring out of the building. Firemen fighting the fire. TPS looking down at the fire crew in the street. Smoke coming out of the window. MLS flames coming out of the building. MCU 2 firemen holding the hose. Shots of men carrying out the staff of the building. Woman on stretcher being carried to an ambulance. Firemen fighting the fire. Smoke. MCU shoe on the floor. Firemen fighting the fire. MCU fireman climbing the ladder. Smoke. Flames. Fireman at top of the ladder looking down on the fire with a hose.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

London

Card file number

70776

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera: Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

129

Story extras:

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