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Forest Fires On Riviera 1956
Description
Unissued / Unused material.
Forest fires on Riviera. Grasse, South of France.
Various shots of forest blazing, people run away from it. Various shots (night) of fire blazing, firemen and volunteers beat the fire with branches and battle to keep it under control.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 82598
- Sort Number:
- UN 2878 H
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:35:00 / 01:09:39:00
- Canister:
- UN 2878 H
- Film ID:
- 2834.05
- Issue Date:
- 1956
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