Alonzo
06-01-2008, 04:03 PM
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- About 200 county firefighters were helping studio firefighters quench the blaze, which reportedly spread to the New York City streetscape. Some park attractions have reportedly been damaged.
At 6:45 a.m, it was reported that the film vault at Universal Studios was burning. Firefighters reported about a third of the building was in flames as they poured on water.
Firefighters at Universal Studios also reported that the King Kong exhibit was in flames, as well. Several other buildings have been lost since the fire broke out on the back lot
Two helicopters were dropping water, he said, adding that firefighters were attempting to keep the blaze from the film vaults.
http://www.kptv.com/entertainment/16449896/detail.html
I saw this on CNN and I just stared for a couple minutes when it said the film vault was burning. I checked online and some sites mention the film vault burning, others mention frantic attempts to prevent the film vault from burning. I hope there aren't any films where they aren't already preserved digitally or where that vault has the only known copy. I know some very important films, such as the original Cleopatra, have been lost, likely forever, in vault fires previously.
At 6:45 a.m, it was reported that the film vault at Universal Studios was burning. Firefighters reported about a third of the building was in flames as they poured on water.
Firefighters at Universal Studios also reported that the King Kong exhibit was in flames, as well. Several other buildings have been lost since the fire broke out on the back lot
Two helicopters were dropping water, he said, adding that firefighters were attempting to keep the blaze from the film vaults.
http://www.kptv.com/entertainment/16449896/detail.html
I saw this on CNN and I just stared for a couple minutes when it said the film vault was burning. I checked online and some sites mention the film vault burning, others mention frantic attempts to prevent the film vault from burning. I hope there aren't any films where they aren't already preserved digitally or where that vault has the only known copy. I know some very important films, such as the original Cleopatra, have been lost, likely forever, in vault fires previously.