Fire
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire in Oxford Street. DESCRIPTION: A fire in London’s famous shopping centre - Oxford Street. Flames raged through a gown shop and workrooms four storeys high. Four women jumped from a window 30 feet high and were taken to hospital suffering from burns and shock. The shop and workrooms were gutted. SHOTLIST: Panning shots of various fire engines etc. travelling along Oxford Street. Firemen at the scene with ladders up. Flames coming out of a building. Shot of 3 fireman fighting the fire. Smoke pouring out of the building. Firemen fighting the fire. TPS looking down at the fire crew in the street. Smoke coming out of the window. MLS flames coming out of the building. MCU 2 firemen holding the hose. Shots of men carrying out the staff of the building. Woman on stretcher being carried to an ambulance. Firemen fighting the fire. Smoke. MCU shoe on the floor. Firemen fighting the fire. MCU fireman climbing the ladder. Smoke. Flames. Fireman at top of the ladder looking down on the fire with a hose.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland.
- Keywords
- Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 70776
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Camera
- Len Waldorf
- Length of story (in feet)
- 129
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How to cite this record
'Fire', British Movietone News Issue No. 1460, 27 May 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21707 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)