Devil’s Gas Lighter
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Devil’s Gas Lighter. DESCRIPTION: 5 months ago, something went seriously wrong in the Sahara oilfields, a gas-well blew its top, and it’s been raging ever since. Now, Red Adair, the flying fire fighter from Texas, was to lead and supervise the assault on the flame, some 260 feet high. With the help of 600 lbs TNT, he and his men blew out the flame. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS fire from gas-well in middle of desert shot from plane. TS same. Travelling shot across water brought to the area to put out the flames. MS machinery. Panning shot of sand bags. MS Red Adair. MS Red Adair and others talking. Various shots of diggers and cranes moving rubble and building up walls. Shots of tanks moving along with fire still blazing. MS fire blazing - crane in foreground. LS men on platform of tank moving along. Night shots of fire blazing and water being fired at the flames. LS Red Adair and his team working. Various shots of the blaze with water fired on it. Various shots of men putting the explosives into its casing. MS tank moving across the sand. Most of screen filled with fire. LS tank moving along - men on the platform on the back - towards blaze. Shots of the flames. GV men running away after explosives have been put in place. Shots of the flames. GV explosion. LS flames engulfed by cloud of smoke.
- Keywords
- Fires; Explosions
- Locations
- Sahara Desert
- Card file number
- 84330A
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 209
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