News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

55/100

Date Released

15 Dec 1955

Length of issue (in feet)

650

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Doom Town
• 2. Ibn Saud at Taj Mahal
• 3. Strange Friends
• 4. Strange Friends
• 5. Explosion Kills Twenty-Seven
• 6. Boxing News
• 7. Manors for Sale
• *Singapore’s Minister Arrives in London

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

A gas explosion wrecks a German five-story house while families sleep - and 27 people lose their lives.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

Germany; Frankfurt am Main

Footage sources

Neue Deutsche Wochenschau

Credits:

Camera

Norman William Roper

Length of story (in feet)

79

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

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This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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