| Tanker Blasts: 2 Oil Ships Afire Kill One, Injure 30. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1576 |
| Catalog #: | 352042 | |
| Clip Number: | 352042-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 025-578-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:26:46 - 00:27:28 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Misc | |
| Description: | Tanker Blasts: 2 Oil Ships Afire Kill One, Injure 30. Explosions rip two tankers at their dock, send flames 300 feet into air. Four hour blaze takes three million dollar damage toll, kills one, injures thirty. Aerial views of the crippled ships, aflame. Various shots of firefighters spraying water (from fireboats) onto the listing ship. | |
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