Scottish Fire Tragedy

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1608A

Date Released

31 Mar 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Scottish Fire Tragedy
2. 2South Africa - Protest
3. 3Semi-Finals. Aston Villa V Wolves
4. 4Semi-Finals. Sheffield Wednesday V Blackburn
5. 5Royal Film Show
6. *Wales V France

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scottish Fire Tragedy. DESCRIPTION: There was a fire in a bonded warehouse in Glasgow, a whisky fire, the third in just over a month. This one was by far the worst, because of the tragic loss of life among firemen and salvage men. Over 20 were reported dead or missing. The fire started at night, and most of these who lost their lives were trapped, when a violent explosion occurred, and walls collapsed. SHOTLIST: GVs warehouse in flames (11). LS fireman fighting blaze. GV warehouse in flames (2). HAS fire destruction. MS fire appliance trained on fire. Pan over fire destruction. MS fire engine. MS two firemen. BS fireman using hose.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Scotland

Card file number

79729

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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