| A NOVEL FIRE ESCAPE Rope Device for Escaping Fire | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6745 |
| Catalog #: | 430149 | |
| Clip Number: | 430149-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 151 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:58 - 01:26:18 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Rescues LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK SAFETY: Fire | |
| Description: | A NOVEL FIRE ESCAPE A flying fox is demonstrated - men, a woman and even a dog have a go! Shot from interior of a guy climbing out window; an older man beside him seems to be telling him what to do. Wide shot outside building: 2 ropes descend from upper window; each rope is held by a team of 2 soldiers standing back some distance from the building. A guy comes sliding down, hanging from a sort of twisted metal bar holding the ropes together; the men at the bottom pull the ropes apart to slow his descent, steadily moving closer together as he nears the ground. bustarting to slide down ropes. Zoomed in shot of the metal thing being pulled back up to the window (by unseen guys at bottom who are pulling the ropes apart); man at the top reaches out for it. CU from just behind guy as he goes out window. MLS panning on him as he goes sliding down. Wider shot of another guy sliding down. MLS panning on young woman sliding down. Wider shot of same. Dog being lowered down, hanging from the bar by a belt tied round his middle. | |
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