Firefighters battle a 1956 blaze at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
Title card: "Fire Destroys Red Embassy at Ottawa" superimposed over night shot of burning Soviet Embassy building, with truck in foreground / night: emergency responder stands in street with burning building in background / MS two firefighters join hoses as mist from hose emerges / WS firefighters ascend fire truck ladder as other fireman stands in foreground / worm's-eye shot upper-story corner of building with flames / MS firemen look upwards as they spray water from the fire hose / WS fireman stands on balcony of burning building and aims water at the blaze; flames burn in windows above him / group of men, women, children stand in street and look up; one woman holds a baby / fireman descends ladder in foreground as arc of water from hose reaches the burning building above; flames and smoke emerge from building / three Soviet officials, wearing coats and hats, stand near garage door and turn away from camera / MS fireman shoots water from fire hose upwards and watches it spray; snow covers the ground around him; pan the arc of water as it reaches the top of the building, with smoke and mist visible / day, 1/2/56: pan across street to WS embassy building the morning after the fire was extinguished; the building is a total loss because USSR officials denied entry to Canadian firefighters for several hours; icicles and snow cover the upper reaches of the house and nearby trees; snow lies on ground; pedestrians walk in street in foreground / WS men carry a long pole out of the house entrance / WS destruction to the upper floor of the building, with icicles hanging and ice covering the house as snow-covered trees stand nearby
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DETAILS
Editorial #:
500243080
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1956
Upload date:
Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:46:18
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001099_01_02.mov
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