Like A Mighty Torch! (1933)

Full title reads: “America. Like a mighty torch! Exploding oil well on fire, makes awe-inspiring spectacle by night and by day.“ Texas, United States of America (USA). Oil spews out of a hole in the ground where the well workings have been blown away. Various shots of oil and fire. Men advance behind shields of corrugated iron towards the flames. The flames burst up once more than the men retreat. Night shots of the oil and flames going high into the air. FILM ID: 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to th