Summary

Fire destroys Tokyo's Shirokiya Department Store

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # PSN 2676
Clip SR001462_07_01mov
Title Fire destroys Tokyo's Shirokiya Department Store
Description Several shots of Shirokiya Department Store on fire and firefighters spraying water on it / firefighters climb ladder to upper story / large group of people in street hold net for people to jump into / nurses in street prepare to help victims / long canvas chute is held by two people on upper story to use as fire escape / men on roof haul up canvas fire escape / several more shots of fire and firefighters spraying water on it
Country Japan
City Tokyo

Keywords

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Shirokiya Department Store
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department stores
nurses
fire escapes
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