5 Million Dollar Blaze - Wellesville Aka Oil Fire Lner (1938)

Item title reads - Oil fire. Tank explosions kill 3, injure 75. Five million dollar blaze in Wellesville, New York, America (USA). (LNER). Aerial L/S of the Sinclair refinery on fire. Various shots of the smoke billowing upwards. M/S of the tank which exploded and landed on the other side of the refinery. Various shots of the fire again. 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.
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