Another Big Fire

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1495A

Date Released

30 Jan 1958

Date submitted

27 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Premier’s Tour
2. 2Pakistan Enthronement
3. 3The Rally Winner
4. 4Queen Mother Leaves
5. 5Another Big Fire
6. 6Zatopek Still Winning
7. 7Trouble in Venezuela

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Poplar Fire. DESCRIPTION: Another big fire, this time from Poplar, in East London when a tyre-dump caught fire. This was the fourth serious fire in the capital within a week, it took a hundred firemen seven hours to get it under control. SHOTLIST: GV firemen fighting blaze. CU firefighters. CU same. CU two firemen. BS firemen fighting flames. CU firemen amidst burning rubber. BS firefighters. CU firemen. CU fireman.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters

Locations

England; Poplar

Card file number

72683

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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