£300,000 Fire 1923

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Item title reads - £300,000 fire destroys skin factory covering over 5 acres, in a few hours. Galashiels, Scotland.

The camera pans over the smoke as it pours from the building. M/S of water gushing out to tackle the blaze amongst the collapsed structures. The camera pans across the burnt...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23861
Sort Number:
G 0995
Time in/Out:
01:21:33:00 / 01:22:22:00
Canister:
G 995
Film ID:
310.15
Issue Date:
09/07/1923

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