| FIRE FIGHTING DEMONSTRATION FOR CIVILIANS Crowd watches firefighting demonstration on bomb site. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5550 |
| Catalog #: | 263255 | |
| Clip Number: | 263255-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/5 | |
| Timecode: | 01:38:13 - 01:39:29 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FIREFIGHTING: Drills LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SAFETY: National Defense WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Misc WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Battle, European Front | |
| Description: | "Fire Fighting Demonstration for Civilians". London. Various shots of crowd of men and women on a bomb site. They are watching ARP fire fighters demonstrating use of "stirrup pump" extinguishers on incendiary bombs. The firemen then show how fires can be put out by shoveling sand onto them. Various shots of firemen demonstrating the correct way to enter a burning room (on hands and knees). They show the crowd out to drag an injured person out of a fire. Various shots of people in the crowd signing up to become civilian fire fighters. They are each issued with their own stirrup pumps. | |
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