5 Million Pounds Of Naphtha On Fire (1923)

Item title reads - 5 million pounds worth of naphtha in 26 huge tanks ignited by lightning flames were visible for 20 miles. California, USA (.). M/S of the black smoke and flames billowing from one of the tanks, the camera pans across to show others with flames and huge amounts of smoke. Intertitle - ’Gigantic smoke plumes, visible for twenty miles, warn the oil fields to be on guard.’ Various shots as the smoke billows out, the camera pans up to show smoke clouds. 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 c