• Short Summary

    Terrible fire in the wooden city of Colon in Panama.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Thousands Homeless After Great Fire".

    Panama, Central America.

    VS night shots of fire raging through a third of the wooden houses of the city of Colon in Panama.

    Spectacular shots of vast blaze at night. Firemen work to put out flames.

    GV of the devastated city the morning after the fire.

    Shots of tent village for refugees made homeless by the fire.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1043.26
    Media URN:
    20760
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    06/05/1940
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:11:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:27:48:00 / 01:28:59:00
    Canister:
    40/37

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