Heat Wave Starts 10,000 Ton Rubber Dump Blaze (1947)

Full title reads: “Smoke Blots Out Sun As - Heat-Wave Starts 10,000 Rubber Dump Blaze“. Mitcham, Surrey. LS a column of smoke from the blazing dump seen from a distance. CU MS Various good shots of the firemen in action, turning their hoses on the blazing tyres. CU Two firemen wiping their brows. MS CU Billows of smoke rolling across the screen. MS Good shot of the fire framed in a rubber tyre. LS the smoke curtaining the sky, obscuring the sun. 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 19