£300,000 Fire (1923)

Item title reads - £300,000 fire destroys skin factory covering over 5 acres, in a few hours. Galashiels, Scotland. The camera pans over the smoke as it pours from the building. M/S of water gushing out to tackle the blaze amongst the collapsed structures. The camera pans across the burnt shell of the factory. 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 represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.