| OIL FIELD ABLAZE Ferocious fires in Oil fields | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5408 |
| Catalog #: | 101231 | |
| Clip Number: | 101231-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1620 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:44 - 01:47:51 | |
| Location: | Sante Fe Springs, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Oil LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California | |
| Description: | OIL FIELDS ABLAZE ! - £500,000 damage estimated as flames destroy 9 Derricks. Sante Fe Springs, California, United States of America M/S of huge wall of flame shooting up into the air. L/S of two firemen spraying water from hose pipe. They both stand behind a makeshift corrugated iron shelter (presumably to protect them from the oil). Several more shots of the ferocious fires burning in the oil fields, thick black smoke is seen billowing into the sky. | |
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