| Battling Fire On A 1-Thousand Pier | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1759 |
| Catalog #: | 425778 | |
| Clip Number: | 425778-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-026-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:11:00 - 00:11:39 | |
| Location: | Staten Island, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Equipment FIREFIGHTING: Rescues LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York State | |
| Description: | "Three-quarters of 1,000 foot Staten Island Pier is destroyed in a huge flash-fire fed by bales of natural rubber and cases of tea. A Norwegian freighter was damaged and towed away to Anchorage. Exact cause undetermined but luckily no injuries reported." High angle LSs raging fire, burning pier. TLSs firefighters combating blaze-- but several stand around chatting in FG, seemingly doing nothing. H/a LSs burning fire & thick plume of smoke. Aerial shot - Rescue helicopter hovering in mid-ground. You see the fire burning intensely and the black smoke raising from the burning rubber. | |
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