Round the World with Movietone: Canada’s School Fire

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

452

Date Released

31 Jan 1938

Date submitted

25 Jan 1938

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 14

Section Title

Round the World with Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canadian School Fire. SHOTLIST: Various long shots of Sacred Heart College showing gaunt walls and debris during fire. Anxious crowds at scene of fire. Removing a victim in wicker basket. Icicles form on ruins, from water. Medium shot of college ruins. Another section of ruins covered in ice. Sacred Heart college during fire. Removing a body from the ruins. Firemen playing hose on fire. Two shots of ruins. Firemen searching ruins for bodies. Crowd shot. Every window is shattered from heat. college. Interior of college a burning inferno. Various shots of ruins. Searching for more bodies. Twisted steelwork from intense head. A statue of Christ with outstretched arms close to scene of blaze.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

32422

Credits:

Commentator: Alan Howland
Commentator: Carl Bernard
Commentator: Ivan Scott
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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