Oil Blaze

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1508A
Date Released
1 May 1958
Date submitted
28 Apr 1958
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire is about the worst kind of fire. Storage tanks ablazed at Newport News, Virginia. They spread havoc over a square mile of the port. No lives were lost but the damage looked like costing a couple of million dollars. SHOTLIST: GV blaze. Closer same. MS firemen. MS oil containers. MS fire raging. GV fire.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America; Virginia
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
73563
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
38
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Oil Blaze', British Movietone News Issue No. 1508A, 1 May 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22354 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)