Item title reads: " Holiday Fire Disaster. 4 Firemen perish whilst fighting flames which destroyed six storey warehouse."
Glasgow, Scotland
M/S as smoke pours from a building, which has partly been demolished by the fire. There is no roof and a wall stands tall and precarious. Firemen can be seen to one side working with hoses. A man on a ladder, near to a wall, which looks to be in danger of collapse, uses a long pole to prod the top bricks. Other men are seen working at great height, silhouetted against the smoke. It doesn't look safe.
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 29/12/1927
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33600
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 710.34
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:03:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:49:00:00 / 01:50:03:00
- Canister:
- G 1463
- Sort Number:
- G 1463
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- Science & Technology
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weechookie says
This fire happened on Christmas Eve, 1927 in a warehouse in Graham Street, Glasgow. Four firefighters were killed, their colleagues worked continuously for 4 days over Christmas until their bodies were recovered.