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News in Brief: Canada, Vancouver Waterfront Fire.

News in Brief: Canada, Vancouver Waterfront Fire.
Clip: 351908_1_1
Year Shot: 1952 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1574
Original Film: 025-556-05
HD: N/A
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Timecode: 06:33:45 - 06:34:29

News in Brief: Canada, Vancouver Waterfront Fire. The worst fire in post-war history rages through grain-loading galleries, threatening grain-filled elevators during three hour battle that is marked by spectacular collapse of pier section. Firefighters battle the blaze with hoses, a ladder. Amid burning, smoldering wreckage, a structure (part of dock?) collapses.