Gutted In A Few Hours (1928)

Item title reads - Gutted in a few hours. Thousands watch flames destroy 3-storey building, wallpaper, varnish and millions of tram tickets adding to fury of the conflagration. Salford, Manchester. M/S as the camera pans across hoses spraying water on the building. M/S of the building on fire, with flames coming out of the windows and smoke billowing out. Various shots of a tower on fire, water is directed at it. M/S as it collapses completely. 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984
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