| Gas Blast. Explosion Damage Reaches $5,000,000. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1560 |
| Catalog #: | 351356 | |
| Clip Number: | 351356-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-472-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:46:02 - 00:47:34 | |
| Location: | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New Jersey | |
| Description: | Dramatic films of the $5,000,000 blast that rocks Newark and jars the entire bay region of New York. Seventy propane gas tanks are blasted and smoke and flame rise hundreds of feet in air. Far into the night, firemen battle to keep the blaze from spreading. Aerial shows thick black smoke spreading high into the air. CU flames and smoke. VS fire, smoke, nighttime firefighting, and the resulting damage (aftermath), including ruined cars and buildings. Establishing shot - Aerial shot of the fire caused from a explosion that reaches hundreds of feet into the air. Aerial shot - The smoke and fire billowing out of the tanks that exploded. MWS - 70 exploded propane tanks lay on the ground blown apart from the blast, fire still coming out of the remains and smoke following. MS - A silhouette of a fireman and water gushing out of the fire hose trying to keep the fire in check. MS - The water from the fire hoses wetting down the storage tanks trying to keep them cool. MS - Fire billowing in the background and the gushes of water from the fire hoses. MS - Morning shots of the aftermath of twisted propane tanks. MS - Bent rail road tracks caused from the heat. MS - Outside and inside of a demolished dinner. MS - Burned out cars. Wide Angle Shot - Propane tanks burning in the background and some unexploded tanks. | |
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