| OUR FIREMEN NURSES Nurses Train to Fight Fires | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5130 | |
| Catalog #: | 366310 | |
| Clip Number: | 366310-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 94 K | |
| Timecode: | 01:20:56 - 01:21:49 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles OCCUPATIONS: Fire & Rescue OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | World War One. Women war workers. Nurses train as firefighters; to replace men fighting at the front or already dead. Teams of nurses in a firefighting contest. Opens with shot of several Red Cross nurses running down street; toward cam. Some of them pulling a wagon. A line of other nurses; some recuperating veterans and other officials stand alongside street watching the drill. One woman takes a tool from the wagon and pries open a covering on the street; the others attach a pump to what must be a pipe below. Rescue rehearsal. Some nurses inside a building pass a man with bandages out a window to nurses outside; using a blanket as a stretcher. Then they run carrying the "injured" man. A lady standing in a car gives a trophy cup to a nurse. Shot of the winning team of nurses posing with trophy. safety; emergency; disaster | |
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