| GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO Images of one of the worst ever fires at Chicago Stockyards. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 72 |
| Catalog #: | 53042 | |
| Clip Number: | 53042-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/44 | |
| Timecode: | 00:08:44 - 00:10:08 | |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois, Chicago | |
| Description: | Use catalog # 253313 for audio Great fire in Chicago. Damage estimated at 2,000,000 pounds when famous stockyards blaze up. Dramatic aerial of billowing smoke rising from stockyards. Smoke and flames from building burnt almost entirely to the ground. Various MS of firefighters trying to control the blaze. More shots of fire burning, smoke and water from hoses. Firemen on truck, fighting fire. Aerial of charred stockyards after smoke has cleared. Crowds in street cleaning up, shots of rubble, aftermath, exhausted firemen sitting on pile of rubble, still spraying water on it. | |
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