News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/54

Date Released

4 Jul 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. A Naval Wedding
• 2. Queen Visits War Wounded
• 3. Racing as Usual
• 4. Big Timber Blaze
• 5. Our Island Fortress Wants ...
• 6. Royal Exiles
• 7. Royal Investiture at Buckingham Palace
• 8. To All Free Frenchmen
• 9. Polish Troops in Britain
• *Outposts of Peace - Irish Army Manoeuvres

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 9

Summary

One of London’s biggest timber yard fires for more than 20 years involves four hundred firemen and AFS men with a hundred engines.

Keywords

Fires; Accidents and disasters

Locations

London; Hackney

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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