Los Angeles Aflame

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1889A
Date Released
19 Aug 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Los Angeles Aflame
  2. 2A Lot of Bull
  3. 3Sports Round Up. (White City & Hutchinson 100)
  4. 4Tiny Tinkerbelle Triumphs

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Los Angeles Aflame. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show some of the terror which has swept over Los Angeles in the past five days. Thirty four dead, eight hundred injured and the damage estimated at seventy million pounds. SHOTLIST: WATTS RIOTS GV cars passing on freeway whilst houses burn in background. MLS house burning. MLS furniture store burning. MS store burning pan to firemen controlling hose. MS state troopers march down street with fixed bayonets. CU highway patrol officer. Pan to state trooper. MS policeman disbursing round building. MCU police officer searching negro suspect. MCU police searching negro suspect. Pan to police searching second suspect. Pan back to the first suspect. CU pan police arresting negro looter. CU pan police arresting another negro looter. CU pan another. LS firemen controlling hose. LS houses burning. MS restaurant burning. MCU ditto. LS firemen fighting fire. MCU gutted car. MS car turned on its side. MS pan state trooper guarding wrecked store. MLS negroes. MS state police and state troopers moving to negro area.
Keywords
Fires; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America; Los Angeles
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
90069
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
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