Michigan: General Motors Transmission Plant Burns

Clip: 352792_1_1

Year Shot: 1953 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1589

Original Film: 026-491-07

HD: N/A

Location: Michigan

Timecode: 00:38:58 - 00:39:21

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Same as catalog # 515026 A blaze touched off by a welder's torch razes a huge General Motors Plant. Damages may total $70 million dollars-but loss of life is low. OHS - Complete devastation of the plant. CUS - Twisted steel, bricks and burned lumber. Camera panning - The metal is twisted and melted from the intense heat of the fire.