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£1,250,000 Blaze Dublin Issue 1942
Description
Titles read: "£1,250,000 BLAZE" (Dublin issue).
South Africa.
Various shots show large stacks of cotton stored at a South African port, part of the Egyptian crop purchased last year by the British Government, as it goes up in flames. Firemen and volunteers fight the blaze. Firemen...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 43863
- Sort Number:
- 42/053
- Time in/Out:
- 01:26:29:00 / 01:27:44:00
- Canister:
- 42/53 (Dublin)
- Film ID:
- 1328.21
- Issue Date:
- 02/07/1942
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