Oil Fire In Los Angeles 1919

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Item title reads: "Los Angeles U.S.A. - Oil Fire - Huge conflagration causes dense volumes of smoke".

Los Angeles, California, United States of America (USA).

LS. Huge clouds of smoke rising from fire. LS. Huge clouds of smoke slow tilt up the plumes of smoke.

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
30072
Sort Number:
G 0594
Time in/Out:
01:44:18:00 / 01:44:46:00
Canister:
G 594
Film ID:
196.39
Issue Date:

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0:010:020:030:04

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