Grain Destroyed - Cape Town (1938)

Item title reads - Cape Town. Disaster in grain elevator in South Africa. Pipe line bursts. L/S of the grain elevator in Table Bay. M/S as the train full of wheat pulls past. M/S as a door is opened as wheat spills out. Various shots as men try to shovel it to safety from the water. 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. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.