Big London Fire

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1495

Date Released

27 Jan 1958

Date submitted

23 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire at Smithfield Market. DESCRIPTION: Acrid, poisonous fumes and smoke, pouring from the underground store rooms at Smithfield meat market, gave London fire-fighters a difficult task. Two lost their lives trying to locate the source of the fire. After five hours the heart of the fire was found in the insulation of the cold store. The fire was still burning when night fell, an underground explosion caused flames to shoot up above the main building, and London’s big fire began to look like an incident in the London blitz. SHOTLIST: GV Smithfield Market. Closer shot same. Smoke billowing. Another shot smoke. CU firemen and breathing apparatus. Pan down to fire engine. Firemen hoses playing. Firemen walking, smoke. Fire engine. Black smoke billowing. Night shots fire. LS same. Flames leaping. MS same flames. Closer shot same. LS same. CU flames. MS same. Side shots same. MS fire. CU fire. LS same. Closer shot. Tower collapses. LS fire.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Safety devices; Accidents and disasters

Locations

London; England; Smithfield

Card file number

72657

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

149

Story extras:

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