Reports: Forest fires wipes out a town

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

384

Date Released

12 Oct 1936

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reports: Funeral in Iceland
2. 2Reports: On the Bilbao Front
3. 3Reports: Forest fires wipes out a town
4. 4Reports: And fire in Blackpool
5. 5Reports: Ready for the sister ship of "Queen Mary"
6. 6Reports: Potting the "Queen Bee"
7. 7Reports: The ‘Ganpati’ Festival in Bombay
8. 8Bowls: Described by Barry Barnes
9. 9Women
10. 10Rugby: Described by Peter Lawless
11. 11Sport: Reported by Alan Howland: Baseball - Giants v Yanks in New York
12. 12Sport: Reported by Alan Howland: The Olympic Echo
13. 13Sport: Reported by Alan Howland: Newmarket - Thrills of the ‘Town Plate’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 13

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Forest Fires Wipes Out a Town. SHOTLIST: Shot of the fire raging and bush rangers on horseback. Shots of the fires. Shot of demolished forest and town. Remaining walls of buildings in the town are dynamited.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

Oregon

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4795

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

37

Story extras:

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