City Building Collapses (1927)

Item title reads: “ City building collapses. 6-floor offices of Commercial Union Assurance Co. collapse suddenly - fortunately, no one was hurt.“ London M/S large building with side closest to camera collapsed, and the camera pans from top to bottom, as some people stand watching on the pavement. Further shots of damage as camera pans slowly down. Seems misty. 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.