| HOP EXCHANGE BURNED a devastating fire in a large hop exchange. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5210 |
| Catalog #: | 279008 | |
| Clip Number: | 279008-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 713 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:33 - 01:41:52 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Industrial DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | HOP EXCHANGE BURNED. Firemen have difficult all night task in fog to overcome the flames - damage estimated at over one million pounds. London. Low angled L/S of smoke pouring out of a upper floor window of a large warehouse. Panning shot of firemen on the ground shifting hoses and ladders about. Various dramatic panning L/Ss of arcs of water coming from several hoses, smoke is still billowing from the windows of the enormous building. M/S of a fireman on the roof of a nearby building, he has fixed a hose to the chimney stack so he can extinguish the fire more easily, in the distance two more firemen work at the top of a ladder. L/S of arcs of water over rail tracks to the burning buildings on the other side. | |
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