Blazing Inferno

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1577
Date Released
24 Aug 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blazing Inferno - Oil. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire in Kansas City, a bulk service station caught fire. Many were injured and overcome by smoke. Over sixty were taken to hospital, some in a critical condition. SHOTLIST: GV fire (key). LS fire. LS hoses - pan to fire. Pan up black smoke. GV fire. MS injured firemen. Closer being attended to. Same. MS car arrives. MS injured man. Same - being put into ambulance. MS stretcher cases. LS fire being hosed. Low angle same. MS ambulance arrives. Pan fire. GV billowing smoke. LS dump explodes.
Keywords
Vehicles; Health and medicine; Explosions; Accidents and disasters
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
77967
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Blazing Inferno', British Movietone News Issue No. 1577, 24 Aug 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23181 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)