Oil Tanker Ablaze

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1589

Date Released

16 Nov 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Tanker Ablaze. DESCRIPTION: She is the tanker Amoco Virginia, ablaze in the ship canal, and a grave menace to the near-by oil refinery and chemical centre in Houston, Texas. Seven members of the crew were feared to have lost their lives, as firemen battled to prevent the flames from spreading. It took the fire-fighters 19 hours to gain mastery over it, and so prevent a major disaster to the city. SHOTLIST: Aerial tanker blazing. Aerial same. LS firemen playing hoses on tanker. Pan same. MS same. Aerial tanker blazing. LS same. LS firemen playing hoses on tanker. Tilt same.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Fires; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Texas; Houston

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

78596

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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