Gas Main Explosion On Broadway
Gas Main Explosion On Broadway
Clip: 355265_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1641
Original Film: 030-099-03
HD: N/A
Location: New York, New York
Timecode: 00:22:16 - 00:22:41
In mid-town Manhattan, a carelessly tossed cigarette ignites gas leaking from an open main. Flames roar out of control on Broadway for an hour! On Broadway a large ball of fire expelling from a city street, foam covered cars and fire department with their water hoses aimed at the fire. MCUS - Gas blaze comes from an area where a careless smoker flipped a cigarette into the area where workmen were sealing up a gas leak. MCUS - Silhouettes of the firemen aiming the water hoses at the fire trying to keep it contained. CUS - Curious pedestrians watching the fire and the firemen. MCUS - The gas fire. MS - The street, the fire and the firemen and the hose expelling water.