Ablaze At Sea AKA Tanker Ablaze (1920)

Intertitle: “ABLAZE AT SEA. Remarkable pictures of burning oil ship with cargo of 3 million gallons of petrol“. L/S of clouds of black smoke coming off a ship at sea. M/S of the burning oil ship - flames can be seen at the stern, the vessel is almost engulfed in the smoke. Various C/Us of the vessel - much of the smoke seems to be coming from the hold, a canon of water sprays into shot. C/U of water hosing the ship extinguishing the fire. Various shots of burning oil floating on the sea. 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
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