| NEW WAYS BEAT FIRE Fire brigades demonstrate new fire fighting technologies. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5847 |
| Catalog #: | 35636 | |
| Clip Number: | 35636-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 61/79 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:52 - 01:44:37 | |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland/Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Mansion / Great Houses FIREFIGHTING: Drills FIREFIGHTING: Equipment FIREFIGHTING: Rescues LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Scotland, Edinburgh | |
| Description: | "Edinburgh. New Ways Beat Fire". Fire brigades demonstrate new fire fighting technologies. Edinburgh, Scotland. Elevated view of fire truck (fire engine) driving down the street. Angle shot man waving from building window. He is part of the fire training, pretending to be trapped. CU of man waving from window. LV the Snorkel (cherry picker) outside the building, going up. Angle shot of man stepping out of window onto the platform of the Snorkel. Top view. Looking down from the platform at the street below. Angle shot of the platform descending. SV as the platform comes to rest and the rescued man steps out. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. GV of beautiful old house called the Waddesdon Manor. LV pan fire engine arriving. CU lights flashing on the fire engine. SV fireman cranking and extending ladder. GV firemen at the top of the ladder. LV pan interior one of the rooms in the Manor. CU painting 'The Garden of Love' by Rubens. CU another painting 'The Pink Boy' by Gainsborough. GV one of the rooms which is decorated with fancy furniture and art. GV exterior smoke coming from the roof of the Manor (this is only a practice fire). CU firemen starting the Perkins gas turbine pump. SV as the firemen start the engine. SV as firemen connect hose to hydrant. GV firemen rushing about holding hoses. LV crowd watching. LV line of firemen directing hoses. CU firemen pan down to nozzle to hose. GV the Manor with the Perkins gas turbine pump engine in the foreground and hoses spraying from each. | |
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