News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1586

Date Released

26 Oct 1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Autumn Collection
• 2. Out of the Depths
• 3. Still Burning
• 4. Such a Pretty Bull
• 5. Mr Butler Weds
• 6. A Boy with a Brush
• 7. Gone Away

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Still Burning. DESCRIPTION: It had been burning for a week through the National Forest at Los Angeles. Hundreds of firemen and volunteers had been fighting in a non-stop battle with blazing brushwood. They brought in bulldozers to clear fire breaks, and an airlift scattered thousands of tons of chemicals on the blaze. SHOTLIST: GV forest fire (key). LS men fighting fire. LS bulldozer pushing down tree. High angle aircraft pouring chemicals over fire. LS fireman pouring hose onto house. LS smoke in forest. LS firemen hosing. LS smoke pouring from forest.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Los Angeles

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

78416

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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