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Quebec - Fire 1939
Description
Full titles read: "QUEBEC"
Several shots of St Michael's Hospital for the insane ablaze in Quebec's night sky, Canada. L/Ss of firemen tackling the blaze with hose pipes. L/Ss of the remains of the destroyed building still smouldering the following day.
Cataloguer's note: Soundtrack...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 14130
- Sort Number:
- 39/018
- Time in/Out:
- 01:59:34:00 / 02:00:09:00
- Canister:
- 39/18
- Film ID:
- 1001.61
- Issue Date:
- 02/03/1939
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