Fire! Biggest Since Blitz (1959)

Titles read: “ILFORD - FIRE! BIGGEST SINCE BLITZ“. Ilford, Essex. Various shots of shops on Ilford High Road burning at night. Mass of flames belch out of the windows. Firemen fight the blaze. Shop fronts burning; one of the shops was a furniture store. Smoke belching from rooftops. Crowds watch. Various shots show the aftermath of the fire the following morning, with wrecked shops and debris lying about. Looks like bomb damage. Twisted girders of the buildings. Shop dummies strewn about. Damaged goods in the remains of the stores including dressing tables in the furniture shop. 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), Emp