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Six locked doors : the legacy of Cocoanut Grove /

Six Locked Doors explores the events leading up to the deadliest nightclub fire in American history on November 28, 1942, at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. With double the allowed occupants, locked doors, flammable materials, and other deadly conditions, the fire left 492 peo...

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Other Authors:	Graves-Miller, Zachary W. (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Shapiro, Michele (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Privately published, 2020.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Cocoanut Grove (Boston, Mass.) > Fire, 1942. Cocoanut Grove (Boston, Mass.) Bars (Drinking establishments) > Fires and fire prevention > Massachusetts > Boston. Fire prevention > Massachusetts > Boston. Fires > Casualties > Massachusetts > Boston. Burns and scalds > Massachusetts > Boston. Incendies > Prévention > Massachusetts > Boston. Victimes d'incendie > Massachusetts > Boston. Burns and scalds Fire prevention Fires > Casualties Massachusetts > Boston 1942 documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
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