Big Melbourne Blaze Dublin Issue 1941

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Title reads: "Big Melbourne Blaze".

Melbourne, Australia.

Various shots of Melbourne firemen fighting thick clouds of smoke and flame as they get a blaze in a rubber tyre dump under control. (Dublin reel)

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38861
Sort Number:
41/043
Time in/Out:
01:41:08:00 / 01:41:35:00
Canister:
41/43
Film ID:
1115.36
Issue Date:
29/05/1941

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