Firemen Start A Fire (1958)

Full title reads: “Paris. Firemen Start A Fire“. Paris, France. CV Elevated shot of the group of buildings that will be burned down to give French firefighters a practice blaze to work on. SV Firemen in street running out hoses. CU Group of firemen standing in street. CU Firemen pouring petrol into doorway of one of the buildings. CU Fireman blowing bugle. CU Fireman with a lighted torch, he throws it into the doorway and a sheet of flame immediately rises. CU Mass of flames. GV Aerial shot of buildings with smoke billowing from them and this zooms out to a long shot. GV Buildings with flames visible on the top floor, clouds of smoke rising. SV Flames and smoke billowing out of burning buildings. Top shot Looking down into a street with firemen directing a hose at the burning building. CU Cameraman on a roof photographing the burning buildings. GV Elevated shot of flames belching from the roof of one of the lower buildings. CU Masses of flame devouring a wooden part of one of the buildings. SV Flames b
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