| FIRE RESEARCH An informative item about research into the spread of fire in modern tower blocks. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6037 |
| Catalog #: | 23262 | |
| Clip Number: | 23262-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 358 | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:22 - 01:22:35 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Office BUILDINGS: Skyscraper FIREFIGHTING: Misc INVENTIONS: Construction LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SCIENCE: Misc | |
| Description: | FIRE RESEARCH An informative item about research into the spread of fire in modern tower blocks. London. L/S of a high-rise tower block with red double-decker buses driving past, tilt up the height of the building - "one problem, now solved, was whether these modern homes incurred a greater fire risk than the normal house". Boreham Wood (Borehamwood), Hertfordshire. M/S of a man carrying a wooden lattice block. He places the block on a table next to two smaller blocks. Panning shot along the row of blocks, models of modern multi-skyscrapers. M/S of two researchers at the Joint Fire Research Organisation. A metal tank is suspended from a cantilever, one of the researchers places a block in the tank. The experiment records how rapidly the skyscraper model burns by how quickly it loses weight. C/U of the weighing device at the top of the cantilever. C/U of a researcher starting a fire at the bottom of the block in the tank. M/S of the cantilever and the block burning very fiercely. C/U of the block burning, tilt up to the cantilever cable. M/S of the researcher kneeling taking notes, panning shot to the other researcher watching some instruments. C/U of flames coming from the tank, tilt up to the cantilever. C/U of one of the researchers looking at the fire, the heat and flames cause him to squint, tilt down to the fire - the block is almost reduced to ashes. M/S of another laboratory, flames leap from an open hatch in a large tank, two researchers are observing the experiment. C/U of the male researcher turning a knob that lets gas into the tank to control the rate of burning and discover if it is affected by the height or ferocity of the flames. C/U of the flames. C/U of a graph pen moving. M/S of the laboratory with the flaming tank. M/S of the radiation room, a female researcher is putting on asbestos gloves. C/U of the researcher placing a piece of fibreboard in front of a "gas fired panel". M/S of the researcher watching as the board bursts into flames, tilt down to reveal a male researcher taking notes on a clipboard. Exterior. M/S of a crowd of observers. M/S, looking through a window, of a researcher examining a pile of lattice wood blocks. Smoke rises from the bottom of the pile and the researcher exits. L/S of the four-storey building "specially constructed with fire-preventative material" that should limit any fire to the floor it started in. Tilt down the height of the building and the crowd. M/S of two men taking notes, panning shot to smoke coming from the windows. L/S of the crowd and the building. M/S of two men backing away from the flames leaping from the windows. High angle M/S of four official looking men observing the fire. M/S of the fierce flames, tilt up the height of the building. M/S of the burning building. M/S of a woman and a man using a cine camera to film the fire, panning shot to the fire. | |
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