Paint Factory Fire In Sydney 1938

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Title reads: "AUSTRALIA".

Sydney, Australia.

Various shots of a fire raging at a paint factory. Commentator says the factory is full of drums of tar and explosive fuel making this the biggest Australian fire of 1937. Firemen train their hoses on the building to put out the fire as...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16188
Sort Number:
38/001
Time in/Out:
01:21:41:00 / 01:22:31:00
Canister:
38/1
Film ID:
949.28
Issue Date:
03/01/1938

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