| 39 Die In Fire. Tragedy Razes Refuge for Children and Aged. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1560 |
| Catalog #: | 351311 | |
| Clip Number: | 351311-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-466-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:31 - 00:01:46 | |
| Location: | Montreal, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires DISASTERS: Victims FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Quebec, Montreal | |
| Description: | One of the most tragic fires in recent years razes the hospice of Sainte Cunegonde, housing aged and infirm and children. Despite heroic efforts of nuns, among them the mother superior, thirty nine are trapped and die in flames believed to have been started by a worker's blow torch. Footage of burning building and fireman hosing down building on tall ladder. Lots of flames and smoke come from brick building. Survivors, young and old, are carried or escorted away. The mayor of Montreal (?). Wide Angle Shot - Fire and smoke billowing up into the sky, many people on the street watching the fire. Low Angle Shot - Fireman standing at the very top of a latter, holding a hose and spraying the fire. Low Angle Shot - Flames of the fire and smoke pouring out windows of the building. Low Angle Shot - Two firemen standing on top of an extended latter, one of the firemen is assisting by holding the hose standing below the fireman, he fireman on top is spraying water on the blazing fire. Low Angle Shot - Fireman on top of the latter holding the hose and spraying water on the fire, the building is engulfed by the smoke and you can barely make out the cross on top of the building. Low Angle Shot - Top floors of the building, smoke and fire billowing out the windows. MS - Police officer assisting an elderly man away from the burning building. CUS - Three men carrying an elderly woman away from the burning building. MS - Elderly woman wearing a scarf covering her head wrapped up in a blanket is assisted by a couple of men leading her to safety. MS - A child in the arms of a rescue worker. MS - Little children walking in a single file away from the fire. Wide Angle Shot - Fire hoses laying on the street and firemen. Low Angle Shot - The front door of the building is wide open and water is just running down the stairs. MS Mayor Hoot (?) standing among rescue workers assessing the damage of the fire. High Angle Shot - A dead body in a rescue basket being lowered. CU - A nun with steam coming out of her mouth as a result of the cold weather. MS - Crowd, ambulance pulling away. | |
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