Round the World with Movietone: Super Oil Fire in Texas

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

11 / 14

Section Title

Round the World with Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Well Fire. SHOTLIST: An oil gusher of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas catches fire, and millions of cubic feet of natural oil and gas burn daily in wild raging blaze. Men sink another hole beside the shaft. Underground they will try to shove a cap across the shaft of the well and seal the burst flow. Long and close shots of the fire burning.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

32421

Credits:

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

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