| Freighter Burns On British Beach | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362137 | |
| Clip Number: | 362137-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-038-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:33:35 - 00:34:18 | |
| Location: | Eastbourne, East Sussex | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Equipment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, English Channel | |
| Description: | A Lebanese vessel catches fire as it enters the English Channel and is beached at Eastbourne. Firemen can do little but pour water in the hold after the Captain and crew are rescued. Eastbourne, East Sussex A Lebanese vessel burning in the English Channel at Eastbourne, it caught on fire as it approached the English Channel. MS - Throngs look on as the vessel burns. CUS - British firemen in a rubber raft with fire fighting apparatus. CUS - Some older people just enjoying a day out at the channel and watching a Lebanese vessel burn. LS - The rubber raft with the firemen in it using a water pumping apparatus fight the fire. MS - The Lebanese ship engulfed in smoke. MS - The ship is really on fire now and they another fire fighting crew has been added to no avail. The ship is doomed. | |
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