London Fire

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1554A

Date Released

19 Mar 1959

Date submitted

17 Mar 1959

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Fire. DESCRIPTION: Its the shopping centre at Ilford ablaze: a London fire that started after dark and quickly spread through the big stores. Some 50 fire engines were brought into service, but even so the fire wasn’t under control till after midnight. SHOTLIST: LS night scene - shops on fire. Another. SCU burning building. Another same. Scene same. MS onlookers. BS firemen play hoses on fire. Closer same. Longer shot same. Daylight scene same. GV wrecked buildings along High Road. Closer same. FS wrecked building. Another building same. Closer scene. MS smoke rising from wrecked shop. Another same. MS windows being smashed. LS firemen hosing gutted shop. Wrecked shop (3). MS firemen look at building. Low angle showing completely gutted overhead passage. FS demolition pulling away buildings. Another same - pan with falling wreckage.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Ilford; Essex

Card file number

76678

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera: Michael Samuelson

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