News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

438A

Date Released

28 Oct 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Parliament
• 2. Reports: Big fire in Sydney
• 3. Reports: Japanese advance in Hopei
• 4. Reports: War memorial at Quebec
• 5. Reports: JA Lyons re-elected
• 6. Reports: Van Zeeland resigns
• 7. Motoring
• 8. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Londos beats Pencheff in wrestling bout
• 9. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Race track closed in Rhodes Island
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Punch wins the Cesarewitch
• 11. Naval Affairs
• 12. Box Ball: Remarks by Carl Bernard

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 12

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Fire in Sydney. SHOTLIST: Close shots of the fire blazing. Shots of firefighters. Shots of the fire. Injured fireman has head dressed. Furniture being removed from houses. Close shots of fire raging. Collapse of steel framework. Clouds of smoke. Tower with smoke around same.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5804

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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