News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Oil Fire Lights Up New Jersey

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
490
Date Released
24 Oct 1938
Date submitted
20 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 13
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire at Linden. SHOTLIST: At Linden in New Jersey, millions of gallons of crude oil blaze furiously. The firemen squirt water on the blaze to try and localise it and cars in the immediate vicinity are moved because of the heat.
Keywords
Vehicles; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
34657
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
35
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Oil Fire Lights Up New Jersey', British Movietone News Issue No. 490, 24 Oct 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9348 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)