Item title reads - Madame Tussauds famous wax works, which has fascinated young and old alike for years, completely destroyed by fire. Baker Street, London.
L/S through burnt structure of the dome of Madame Tussauds, M/S as the camera pans down a charred pillar, firemen walk about inside and clear debris. The window is still intact in the background, M/S pan across wreckage inside with debris on the floor. M/S of a man chopping at the wreckage with an axe.
FILM ID:382.12
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