| FELLED BY FIRE A strategically placed fire brings down a disused industrial chimney. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5331 |
| Catalog #: | 244721 | |
| Clip Number: | 244721-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1266 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:46 - 01:03:50 | |
| Location: | Greenford, Middlesex, Greater London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Felled by Fire. Monster chimney ... weighing 300 tons and containing 150,000 bricks ... brought down exactly where intended. Greenford, Middlesex, Greater London. L/S of a factory with a large industrial chimney standing behind it. Panning shot of men clambering over a pile a wood placed around the base of the chimney, one appears to be tipping tar or petrol over the wood, another ignites the wood using a burning oily rag on a stick. L/S of the chimney as it collapses, a ball of flames and smoke rises as the debris hits the ground. L/S of men climbing over the rubble to inspect the results of their strategic fire. | |
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