| LADIES FIRE BRIGADE Women's Wartime Fire Brigade | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5110 | |
| Catalog #: | 365588 | |
| Clip Number: | 365588-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 32 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:01:14 - 01:02:30 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1915 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles FIREFIGHTING: Drills LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Fire & Rescue OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | World War One;homefront war work; women. Yet more of the women's fire brigade; practicing rescue work. Opens with shot of a woman sitting out on a window ledge; above a shop front; a rope is stretched from that window to the ground- -looks like she's about to make an escape; for unknown reasons. Then she starts to lower herself down the rope. Next; shot of another building; with the whole brigade putting on a demonstration out front. Some of them are spraying the building with hoses; while 2 women are operating the pump for the hoses; and more women are bringing buckets of water to dump in to this pumping device -- a real assembly-line; teamwork project. Next; the firefighters stand in a circle; holding a net outside the house; a woman is standing in a 2nd floor window. But before she jumps; someone else who's very daring does; from a higher window; landing on the net and scrambling off. More practice jumps: 2 women from the 2nd story; and 1 more person from the 3rd. Finally; a group shot of all the women; with 2 men who taught them standing in back. They all pull off their helmets and wave them; all smiling and cheering; then put them back on. Emergency; firefighting; courage. | |
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