News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Million Dollar Fire in Chicago

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
520
Date Released
22 May 1939
Date submitted
19 May 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chicago Fire. DESCRIPTION: A tragic fire in a Grain Storage Warehouse. SHOTLIST: A grain elevator blazes furiously. Fire engines and floats (working from a near-by river) deluge the conflagration with water.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
36773
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Million Dollar Fire in Chicago', British Movietone News Issue No. 520, 22 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9987 (Accessed 09 May 2025)