P.O. Fire Destroys Christmas Mail
P.O. Fire Destroys Christmas Mail
Clip: 425524_1_1
Year Shot: 1967
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1767
Original Film: 040-102-02
HD: N/A
Location: Manhattan, New York - Morgan Post Office Annex
Timecode: -
Post office fire destroys tons of Christmas mail. Firefighters fight blaze using hoses and ladders. Thick columns of smoke pour out a burning building has hook and ladder trucks shoot water. Streetlights illuminate dimly through soot and ash. Close-up shows two firefighters holding a spraying hose. The extension on a hook and ladder truck moves to position a fireman closer to a window with his hose. Crowd shot features two women crying over burnt mail.