| WITTON ISOLATION HOSPITAL DEMOLISHED | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 57 |
| Catalog #: | 312603 | |
| Clip Number: | 312603-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 67/37 | |
| Timecode: | 10:27:13 - 10:28:11 | |
| Location: | Witton near Birmingham,West Midlands. | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Buildings DISASTERS: Fires LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 137561 Witton Isolation Hospital (smallpox sanitorium) is burned down due to its infection. Good shots of buldings in flames. Nat sound of buildings burning under vo. LS of hospital gates, bobby standing in front. CU of signs: "Danger: Guard Dog Patrolling", "Danger: Smallpox Hospital: Keep out", pan to "Witton Isolation Hospital." Pan of hospital grounds. Trees and long grass, low buildings in disrepair. Two-story hospital building, smaller building. People (men in suits and policemen) in front of the gates. Two men talk to policeman. Civil Defence van pulls in through gate. Fire truck arriving. Protesters (British housewives, orderly) carryinng signs: "Please Think Today About Our Future Tomorrow?", etc. Buildings on fire starting two-story building smouldering. MS building, interior burning. LS of long, low motel-shaped building engulfed in flame, lots of smoke. Smoke filling full frame, pan down to low motel-like building engulfed in flames. Pan of hospital compound burning . Two-story building (house-like) in flames (two shots). | |
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