Largest Store Blaze

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1928
Date Released
16 May 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cameraman Becomes Caveman
  2. 2Largest Store Blaze
  3. 3Movietone Colour Report: Contest for the Cup

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Largest Store Blaze. DESCRIPTION: Starting on the fifth floor and spreading rapidly to the store above, a Big Fire at a large Department Store in Bristol. Everybody was evacuated with no casualties and Bristol’s Fire Brigade soon brought the fire under control. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. Pan down five men fighting Bristol store blaze. MS firemen. GV smoke pouring from windows. GV firemen fighting blaze. MS ditto. Pan smoke pouring from window. LS entrance to multi-storey car park. Pan to firemen fighting blaze. LAS firemen at top of ladder. LAS ditto. CU parking meter outside store. MLS fire engine standing by meter. Pan water running along gutter. GV interior burnt-out store. MS interior ditto. GV interior ditto. GV looking down at street from top of store building. MS merchandise in store only affected by water.
Keywords
Fires; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Bristol
Footage sources
West England Film Unit
Card file number
91116
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:

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