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£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...
Data
- 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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