Music Hall Fire 1919

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Item title reads: "Kingston-on-Thames - Music Hall Fire - £5,000 conflagration at the famous up-river Empire."

Kingston-on-Thames, London, England

WS. Pan from fire damaged ceiling towards "gods". WS Of box with timber piled against up pan across debris in the auditorium. Shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
29927
Sort Number:
G 0572
Time in/Out:
01:12:08:00 / 01:12:43:00
Canister:
G 572
Film ID:
186.07
Issue Date:
16/06/1919

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