Ablaze At Sea AKA Tanker Ablaze 1920

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Intertitle: "ABLAZE AT SEA. Remarkable pictures of burning oil ship with cargo of 3 million gallons of petrol".

L/S of clouds of black smoke coming off a ship at sea. M/S of the burning oil ship - flames can be seen at the stern, the vessel is almost engulfed in the smoke. Various C/Us of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21820
Sort Number:
G 0672
Time in/Out:
01:53:57:00 / 01:55:01:00
Canister:
G 672
Film ID:
210.44
Issue Date:
31/05/1920

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