| Selected Originals - OXFORD STREET BLAZE (aka OXFORD ST BLAZE) Four women are saved from dead in a burning Oxford Street gown store. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 35724 | |
| Clip Number: | 35724-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 57/43 C | |
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| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | MISSING 12/20/2008 See also catalog # 35729 Selected originals - GOWN STORE BLAZE IN OXFORD STREET (aka OXFORD STREET DRESS SHOP BLAZE) Four women are saved from dead in a burning Oxford Street gown store. London. AS. Flames belching from first floor window, pan down to the street. SCU. Fire at window. CU. Fire, pan down to shop front. GV. Top shot of activity in Oxford Street. AS. Fire going up front of building. GV. Oxford Street with firemen at work (several shots). LV. Firemen on roof of Bata's shoe shop next door. GV. The fire scene. AS. Up long fire ladder, & AS. SV. People in the street, pan up to fire coming from second floor window. GV. Civilians helping with hoses. GV. Civilians in street helping with hoses and fire coming from shop front pan up to blaze. LV. Fireman on top of high ladder hosing water onto roof top, & GV. SV. Towards, firemen in breathing apparatus. AS. Fire, pan down to firemen spraying water on front of building. LV. First and second floors alight, & LV. SV. Firemen working on hose pipes. AS. Pan down to gutted shop. CU. Firemen at work. SV. People in shop doorway. GV. Fire scene. SV. Firemen spraying hoses, & SV. LV. Blaze, pan down to street. CU. Firemen. LV. Firemen throwing out hoses, & LV. LV. Firemen fighting the blaze. Pan to Smith's shop front. SV. Crowd watching. GV. & SV. SV. Ambulance arrives. SV. One of the girls that jumped being put into ambulance. CU. Girl sitting down on chair in Smith's, she also jumped, & SV. Pan to firemen in street. SV. Girl carried from Smith's to waiting ambulance. SV. Another girl being carried. AS. The gutted building, & AS. SV. Gutted shop. GV. People in street, pan to the fire. | |
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