Los Angeles Aflame

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1889A

Date Released

19 Aug 1965

Stories in this Issue:

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:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: AP Archive
Email: info@aparchive.com
Web: http://www.movietone.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held: View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 91 times.