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1937 Fox vault fire

1937 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

1937 Fox vault fire
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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.

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