Paris Fire Drama

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2017A

Date Released

1 Feb 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris Fire Drama. DESCRIPTION: The Night-watchman at a vast fuel storage depot near Paris is charged with setting it alight. The blaze destroyed over forty storage tanks and threatened the lives of hundreds of firemen. Our cameramen recorded a dramatic sequence in the very shadow of one of the threatened tanks. SHOTLIST: (4th Key Scene for GR). MS fireman with hose pan to Petro-Chemical tanks on fire. GV smoke rising from fire. GV chemical tanks on fire. MS firemen with hose. MS ditto. Pan to burning chemical tank. MS firemen fighting fire around chemical tanks. GV flames coming from burning tanks. MLS firemen fighting fire on fractured pipeline. TS ditto. MS flames coming from pipeline. MS firemen coming down stairway away from fire. GV ditto. GV firemen with hose fighting flames around one of tanks. GV flames coming from tanks. MS firemen fighting fire. GV ditto. GV chemical tanks burning.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Fires; Crime; Accidents and disasters

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

93197

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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