| BELGIAN CIVIL DEFENCE EXERCISE Demonstrations of methods used to deal with incendiary devices and smokescreens. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7800 |
| Catalog #: | 300249 | |
| Clip Number: | 300249-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1283 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:07 - 01:21:00 | |
| Location: | Brussels | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest FIREFIGHTING: Drills FIREFIGHTING: Equipment HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Emergency Treatment LAW: Enforcement, Arrest (Apprehension) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Belgium, Brussels ORGANIZATIONS: Red Cross SAFETY: Drill SAFETY: Equipment | |
| Description: | BELGIAN CIVIL DEFENCE EXERCISE Demonstrations of methods used to deal with incendiary devices and smokescreens. "Manoeuvres Belges". Scenes of civil unrest in Brussels in 1938. Crowds with protest banners etc. Belgian police arrest man, he is marched off. Low angle shot of plane flying overhead. Several shots of police/firefighters lighting incendiary devices in Belgian street, smoke rises and sparks spray, firefighters extinguish the fire. LSs of smokescreen engulfing a large house. MS as Belgian trolley drives into smokescreen. MSs men operating and supervising smokescreen machine. MS trolley emerging from smokescreen. Shot of car driving through smokescreen. MS smoke coming out of hoses. MS supervised smokescreen demonstration. Shot of firefighters running down street wearing gasmasks, they pull equipment behind them. Shot of fire truck passing by, all men aboard wear gasmasks. MS two firefighters wearing gasmask as they spray hose. LSs firefighters wearing gasmasks along side of dam. LSs firefighter wearing gasmasks spraying building with hoses. Nice MS profile of firefighter wearing a gasmask spraying a hose. Shots of masked firefighters performing drills. Street scenes in Brussels - people ride bicycles while wearing gas masks. TLS line of people wearing protective suits while they fasten their gasmasks. CU person wearing gasmask. TLS as dignitaries walk in front of building reading "Centre d'instruction anti gaz". Shot of dignitaries arriving and gathering. LS as emergency workers leave building. MS Red Cross workers wearing gasmasks, they carry empty stretchers. MS of ARP wardens and Red Cross workers attending to woman lying on the ground, they all wear gasmasks. Shot as woman is lifted onto stretcher. Shot as men wearing gasmasks carry woman on stretcher down the street, locals stand spill out from building door to watch. Shots as Red Cross works lift stretcher out of the back of a truck and carry the wounded into building, everyone wears a gasmask. | |
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