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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1245

Fire!

19014 minUnited Kingdom

Synopsis

A house fire brings the local brigade to rescue the people trapped inside. The emergency becomes a compact staged account of an organized response to danger, with the threatened household and its rescuers sharing the action.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 4:47
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · James Williamson · Public domain

DirectorsJames Williamson

Behind the scenes

James Williamson filmed at Ivy Lodge, a derelict house in Hove that he had used for an earlier production. The location allowed a domestic emergency to be staged for the camera.

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