World’s Greatest Oil Fire (1926)

California, United States of America, . Title: “WORLD’S GREATEST OIL FIRE. Awe-inspiring scenes as mountain high flames envelop and destroy tanks containing 4 1/2 million gallons of oil“. L/S of rolling hills, massive clouds of black smoke rise from the distance. L/S of the smoke blocking out most of the sky, a small figure of a cameraman operating a camera on a tripod seen in the foreground. Panning L/S of the burning oil tanks, not only is there thick black smoke but also enormous flames. L/S of the enormous smoke clouds, in the foreground a man runs out of a bungalow. M/S of cows in front of a barn, in the background are large clouds of black smoke. Various aerial shots of the vast fire and clouds of smoke. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also repre