Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Footage of the Guignol Theater Fire (1947)

On January 10, 1947 the original Guignol Theater on the University of Kentucky campus caught fire. It was located on Euclid Ave (now Avenue of Champions). 1949 UK alum, Les Clark shot this 8mm footage of the fire.

More archival footage can be found on the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center's YouTube page! https://www.youtube.com/user/ukyarchives/videos.


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