MAY 10TH 1941 WATERLOO STATION ARCHES GUTTED BY FIRE [Main Title]

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  • Title: MAY 10TH 1941 WATERLOO STATION ARCHES GUTTED BY FIRE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 104
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Damaged tracks. Workmen clearing rubble and debris under arches. Workmen opening bottles of champagne and emptying contents (taking the occasional swig). Work on bricks in arch roof. Installing supports, laying bricks.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 104
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 104)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: SOUTHERN RAILWAY (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: buildings, British - commercial: railway station (Waterloo) & [wrecked] (object name) destruction, British: fire (object name) engineering, civil, British: damage clearance (object name) GB, England & London, SE <Waterloo Station> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 566 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 104

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