PALESTINE: Oil depot set alight by terrorists in Haifa (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Fire at Haifa docks in which 8 million gallons of oil belonging to the Iraq Petroleum Company were estimated to have been lost after terrorists exploded three bombs at an oil storage depot. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Terrorists Start Haifa Oil Blaze PALESTINE: Haifa: AIR VIEW AERIALS Huge black smoke cloud above burning oil storage-depot on dockside. Burning oil refinery including entrance with sign indicating Shell Oil Company as flames shooting high into the air. Fire brigade and British troops attempting to tackle blaze with hoses. Refugees leaving Illegal immigrant ship ’San Filipo’ moored at docks and being rounded up. Burning port buildings. Background: Fire at Haifa docks in which 8 million gallons of oil belonging to the Iraq Petroleum Company were estimated to have been lost after terrorists exploded three