Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Philadelphia’s $1,000,000 Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
970A
Date Released
8 Jan 1948
Date submitted
5 Jan 1948
Date submitted
1 Jan 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Philadelphia Million Dollar Fire. DESCRIPTION: A huge fire which started in a warehouse in Philadelphia caused a million dollars worth of damage. SHOTLIST: KS MS fire blazing in fore, water standpipe. Several GVs of fire blazing, flames leaping from the two warehouses, firemen fighting the flames, water jets come from all directions. Various shots of raging fire. Firemen fight fire as it rages through quarter of the city block.
Keywords
Fires
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49629
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Philadelphia’s $1,000,000 Fire', British Movietone News Issue No. 970A, 8 Jan 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14869 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)