| Oil Refinery Fire | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1765 |
| Catalog #: | 425410 | |
| Clip Number: | 425410-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-087-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:58 - 00:43:42 | |
| Location: | Suez, Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt | |
| Description: | "Egypt loses eighty percent of its oil-producing capacity as two refineries and a number of storage tanks go up in flames. Israeli artillery set off the inferno in a three-hour exchange with Egyptian guns across the Suez Canal." Nighttime TLS/LSs massive fires at oil refinerie, firefighters doing not much more than watch on (nothing else to do). Oil containers set ablaze spewing clouds of thick smoke. | |
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