'some Fire' - Huge Timber Yard Fire In Hoboken, USA (1916)
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Channel: British Pathé · 2014 · Education
'Some Fire' - huge timber yard fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America, 1916. Disasters. Opens with DS fire-fighters in street in front of flaming building; some men are bashing at side of building with axes;others man the fire hoses; arcs of water from hoses in air. Shot of wires in air above roof; with masses of smoke billowing about and stream of water shooting up into frame. Great shot of frame of 4 story building (sign on front' Chocolate - Menier') completely filled with flames; the front wall of top story collapses;falling forward; the rest still standing in high-contrast silhouette. Slight pan to left. Aside wall collapses; as a man on ground leans on truck nearby. Angled shot of wall collapsing in masses of flames; dark stream of water from hose in FG. Then just a whole screen full of flames; turning to smoke; hose in FG and helmet of fireman moving. Danger. 401B FILM ID:1860.04 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
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