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Title: BRIDGETON FIRE

Reference number: 5505

Date: 1960 c

Production company: [ Templar Films]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.19 mins

Description: Dramatic shots of an operation to exinguish a large fire on Arcadia Street in Glasgow, involving several fire engines.

Shotlist: Shots of fire brigade tackling large fire in tall building from Arcadia Street, Bridgeton; three engines are visible (0.08) Shots of water being hosed onto the rear of the building by standing firemen and one ladder; c/u hose being directed from ladder (0.44) water pouring onto wrecked roof; shots of men at hoses from rear of building, and nearby roof (1.51) c/u water jet; shot three streams concentrated on one spot (2.05) ls fireman on ladder silhouetted against smoke (2.11) c/u's individual firemen at hoses (2.44) rolling up and stacking hoses; c/u street sign: "Arcadia Street" (3.19)