Largest Store Blaze

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1928

Date Released

16 May 1966

Stories in this Issue:

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

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