Setting The Thames On Fire Aka Setting The Thames No Fire (1929)

Item title reads Setting the Thames on fire Ignition of 2, 500 gallons of petrol makes aweinspiring spectacle during oil danger tests by Port of London Authority. Isle of Grain, Kent. Various shots as the petrol gushes into the river from a pipe. M, S of man setting fire to the petrol on a small patch of river, M, S as it spreads very quickly throwing out flames and thick black smoke as it covers the petrol soaked area. L, S of the smoke and flames billowing over a large area and filling the sky as people stand and watch. FILM 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 (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gau