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1937 Fox vault fire

A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults, although the precise causes were often unknown.

1937 Fox vault fire
1937 Fox vault fire · Unspecified; original copyright likely held by photographer or the Schedule Rating Office of New Jersey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
9 Jul 1937
Where
Little Ferry
Era
Modern

Topics

United States1585 – today

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