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Covent Garden Fire 1949
Description
Unissued / Unused material.
Covent Garden fire. London.
Elevated LS Covent Garden with smoke pouring from basement. MS firemen, wearing tin helmets, drinking cups of tea. Elevated LS fire engines with ladders on top. Various shots activity with smoke pouring from basement. CU a corner...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 65416
- Sort Number:
- UN 2221 G
- Time in/Out:
- 01:19:56:00 / 01:20:38:00
- Canister:
- UN 2221 G
- Film ID:
- 2286.10
- Issue Date:
- 1949
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