| 1500 RENDERED HOMELESS destruction caused by fires in Hartlepool, Cleveland. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5226 |
| Catalog #: | 508799 | |
| Clip Number: | 508799-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 839 | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:41 - 01:35:03 | |
| Location: | West Hartlepool, Cleveland, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | 1,500 RENDERED HOMELESS - 80 acres of property wiped out, and damage over a million pounds in appalling fire. West Hartlepool, Cleveland. M/S of two firemen standing on smouldering logs of wood. Lots of smoke in the air. L/S of two firemen holding large hose, they spray stacked up logs with water. Several shots of firemen spraying water onto the fire. L/S of rail track with kink in it, part of the track is smouldering. The metal of teh track is severly bent. L/S of the remains of train wagons and carriages and the burnt out shells of houses in the background. L/S of smouldering rail track. M/S of two men in flat caps loading a piano into back of horse drawn cart. L/S's of people on the side of the street, the horse drawn cart moves past, burnt houses can be seen in the background. M/S of small boys playing in the wreckage of the fires. M/S of of man serving a woman holding small child at market stall. "Like a prairie fire - the gale - driven sea of flame destroyed everything in its path." "After the fire had passed." | |
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