SS Normandie Ablaze, 10Feb42

SS Normandie Ablaze, 10Feb42 Ship burning w/fireboats hosing water. Heavy smoke. Man fireboats & tugs alongside dock. Normandie w/ men on ship. 21:33:18 CU of flames at base of stack, men seen on deck nearby. High angle of ship w/ three-stacks, fireboats pumping water & heavy steam from fireboat stacks. VArious views. Flames seen thruout ship. Tugs moving in ice on Hudson river. 21:38:18 Billboards on shore buildings seen beyond fireboats & tugboats. Tugs alongside SS Normandie. View from moving boat on water w/ listing ship smoking next to dock w/ sign: French Line. Fireboat activity & men moving hoses up onto upper decks of Normandie. Fireman onto ship from ladder, silhouetted. Disasters; WWII Refitting Passenger Liners;