“Fire“ ... At Its Fullest Appalling Grandeur! Aka Appaling (1933)

Full title reads: “Chicago.’Fire’ ... at its fullest appalling grandeur! Great blaze utterly destroys 6 storey Granary containing 1,350,000 bushels of wheat - with almost incredible ferocity and speed.“ Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (USA). Shots of appalling fire in warehouse building. Hoses play water onto the blaze. Parts of the building collapse. Various shots of the blaze. The building is on the river front - we see a boat pass by in the foreground. Intertitle reads: “... this French inventor claims success for his novel powder extinguisher ... it would have wanted a lot of powder for that fire though!“ France. An inventor demonstrates his new fire extinguisher by spraying powder onto burning barrels and putting them out. A crowd of people have gathered to watch. Shot of a burning cabinet. CU of spray nozzle of extinguisher. The fire in the cabinet is put out. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT