| EXTENSIVE TRAINING FOR FIREMEN RECRUITS Very good coverage of trainee firemen learning their skills at a London Training School. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8927 | |
| Catalog #: | 35566 | |
| Clip Number: | 35566-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4011 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:45:24 - 01:49:57 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Drills LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Fire & Rescue | |
| Description: | Various shots, firemen recruits from the London Fire Brigade doing physical training in the yard of Southwark Training School. They perform exercises lifting ladders and weights etc. CU Instructor in track suit blows his whistle and shouts instructions. Various shots, uniformed recruits being given lecture and looking over veteran fire-engines. LS Modern fire appliance pulls out into the yard. Various shots, recruits winching a man down from a wooden tower, training with long ladders, rescuing man from high roof. Various shots, recruits learning how to put out a small oil fire with pump sprays. Practicing how to tie knots in rescue ropes. Various shots, recruits receiving further instructions on how to handle and work a fire engine's equipment and the long ladders on the wooden tower. LS Crane lifting a man in harness down from the wooden tower. | |
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