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Cotton Mills Ablaze.

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Accidents.
Buildings.
Fire departments.
Fire extinction.
Fires.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (50 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1929.
Summary:
"Damage estimated at £200,000 caused by one of the biggest most spectacular fires seen in Lancs. for many years." Shots of the smoking/burning building and fire hoses in the foreground; firemen attacking the blaze perched on a low roof and pointing hoses through windows. Shots of the ruins, with a huddle of men looking up at the destruction.
Notes:
Issue number: 921-2 ; Story number within issue: 4 of 6
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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