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"A Pyre Of Pianos" 1931
Description
Full title reads: "Stroud. 'A Pyre of Pianos'. Hundreds of obsolete instruments - once pride of many a home - destroyed in great bonfire."
Stroud, Gloucestershire.
A large pile of pianos (both uprights and grands) are set on fire. Various shots of burning pianos.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 12663
- Sort Number:
- 31/070
- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:35:00 / 01:14:43:00
- Canister:
- 31/70
- Film ID:
- 865.10
- Issue Date:
- 31/08/1931
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