Fire Tragedy

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1621

Date Released

27 Jun 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fire Tragedy
2. 2Royal Highland Show
3. 3Transport Topics
4. 4Freak Crash
5. 5Cool, Real Cool

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Tragedy. DESCRIPTION: It was in the afternoon when a raging fire broke out on the third floor of a big store in the heart of Liverpool’s shopping area. Many customers were in the shop, and early reports put the death roll at 11. It’s feared, that more lives may have been lost. SHOTLIST: GV fire. LAS store. LS fire fighters. LS fire. MS hoses playing on fire. LS same. LS fire. MS shop window. LS fire. LS hoses on building. MS same. LS firemen. HAS firemen on ladder. LS fire (2). GV fire.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Shops and shopping; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Liverpool; England

Card file number

80522

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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