The most historical events captured on film over the past 100 years
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Thirty people die when King's Cross tube station is gutted with fire. Firemen at survey scene; charred escalators; burnt wall and ceiling; forensic expert; flashback to scene of fire; fireman rushing into smoke filled area; firemen in breathing apparatus; firemen out of fire sitting down.
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A British Airtours Boeing 737 bursts into flames after an aborted take-off, 54 die. Emergency services survey the wreckage; covered bodies lying in hanger; crash investigators arriving; view of crane on air strip; discarded luggage; plane wreckage.
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Flames are visible for 60 miles as Crystal Palace is engulfed in flames. Londoners flock to see the spectacle.
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Windsor Castle is badly damaged as a blaze engulfs the State Apartments in the north-east corner of the Upper Quadrangle. The fire apparantly started in the Private Chapel.
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Report on the Channel Tunnel fire and the damage it did.

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